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Show s r r ( '.) - . X' (, s' 7 i I -- AT l i '- v i'X,. vi, if 'a'yKvb?i( .V!i (;ty4iliii l-a- 'lM r-- ? JX-:- ' 6&m utnnificL jicueibl Qhhicultithai tlunn IIow much better fa it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver. Proverbs 16:16. Y .'Siiv - y3i UfafiA ft ViuuJ TuopuKn ViaJici Including Orem, the Business Section of the Sharon District OREM, UTAH, FEBRUARY Provo. R. F. I). VOL. IX, No. XXVIII RECEIVES Vineyard Site Explained The Only Feasible Site In Utah, Gov. Officials State APPOINTMENT i Defense Plant Corporation officials state there has been rapid progress in the purchase of rights of way for the new iron and steel plant at Vineyard. Negotiations have been carried on since last Friday by Mr. William J. Ilickey, De- fense Plant specialist, with the landowners in the Vineyard area. Local men who are acquainted with the area and with land values were called In last week to go over preliminary valuations which had been placed on the lands by appraisers for the RFC. These valuations were revised as a result of the conferences to the point where both the United States and the farmers were treated fairly. Most of the land owners have expressed themselves as being fairly well satisfied with the offers which have been made. Efforts To Save Church An effort was made by Bishop Walter Holdaway of the Vineyard ward and President A. V. Watkins of Sharon Stake to have the plant site shifted to the north far enough to eliminate the need for the taking of the wedge to the south by the Axel Andrcason property and the VineHowever, when yard chapel. this Jrequest was placed before the officials It was explained that It would be Impossible at this stage to grant the request, as plans were so far advanced now It would mean great delay In the building of the piant and It also would add additional costs not only In purchasing additional lands to the north, but In actual operation of the plant. Operation costs It wra explained would be much greater. Negotiations are under way at this time for the purchase by the government of the Vineyard church. These negotiations are proceeding satisfactorily and It is that In a short time the matter will be closed on a satisfactory basis to all concerned. expected s In the meantime, drill crews are working on the site to get further Information on 'sub-soconditions and other workmen are making preparations to take over possession Immediately upon the closing of the contracts. Work It Is stated will begin first In the wedge to the south of the Vineyard church. At this point railroad sidings will be constructed from the D. & R. G. railroad which will form a connection with the Union Pacific at a point further south. The railroad sidings and yards will be on the area. The office buldings, It is understood will be built on or near the Kenneth Olsen property, and the steel and iron furnaces will be built on the north section of the site immediately west of the paved highway. The. cooling ponds and reservoirs will he on the n u f h vr r gOftrUon. Good Working Conditions The entire plan, officials state, has been worked out for a permanent Industry to out last the war. Working conditions should be good. Wages will he the same as in other steel areas, which now have scales of 88 cents per hour, minimum, to $50 per day maximum. Loral workers where available and Importation will be of men with families who will fit well into community life. il Orem Mass Meetings Favor Adoption of Proposed Zoning Ordinance Mass meetings for Orem citizens to discuss the proposed zoning ordinance were held Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at the L. D. S. administration building in Orem under the direction of the newly appointed zoning committee of the city. The meeting held Tuesday evening Involved questions affecting property owners on the state highway north of the Canyon road and was presided over by A. II. Lowe, member of the committee. Tbe proposed ordinance wag read and discussed In detail. Tbe committee sought the advice of those present as to their views on what zones should apply on the highway north of the Canyon road. All property owners north of the Glllmore service station Indicated that they desired to have a residential zoi e in that area. South of there It was indicated It would be partly business and residential. Resolution Favors Zoning Property owners south of the Canyon road and mainly from the state highway area were pres- ent at the Wednesday night meet- Ing. This meeting was under the direction of Frank Wofflnden, mpmbf - of the committee. Again the proposed ordinance was read and discussed In detail. A motion was unanimously passed by the large group present recommending to the City Council that the proposed zoning ordinance be adopted The matter of what zones would apply was discussed at somp length, after which anwas resolution other passed recommending to tne council and to the new zoning commission that an expert he employed to plat the city, 'Indicating where the main thoroughfares are to be snd where reldential streets will fit Into the pntrp picture The group at the flr-- t meeting I Crew a Working was also favorable to the adoption of a zoning ordinance. At each of the meetings requests were made for printed copies of the proposed zoning ordinance. Inasmuch as the ordinance la a long one and the expense of printing would be a considerable Item, It was decided to ask the city to have the ordinance printed In the Voice of Sharon so that all members of the community would have a copy available for study. PLEASANT VIEW TOPS IN M. MEN LEAGUE ORLAND PYNE Orland Pyne, Orem City Treasurer, has been appointed secretary and clerk of the Orem Rationing Board, his appointment to take effect immediately. aa addition to the rationing of tires, the Board will also have as a part of Its jurisdiction the rationing of sugar and other foodstuffs and materials as the program of Government rationing grows and expands. Mr. Pyne's work will be coordinated with his work as City Treasurer and will provide full time employment. His office will be located In the Orem City hall. Later he will be certified by the Civil service commission so that a he may become civil service employee under Civil Service regulations for the duration of the emergency. Tremendous responsibility will be attached to this ornce, oecause records of decisions, allocations, full-fledg- disbursements and registrations will have to be kept by the secretary of the Board for future guidance and reference. The appointment was made by Gus B. Backman, State Administrator of the Rationing Boards of Utah. With a score almost double of their opponents. Pleasant View came out definitely on top In the season's M. Men basket ball league in Sharon stake. Final score In the game last Wednes-da- y which marked the ena of the stake league, was Pleasant View 4 8, Grand View 26. This tilt was the main feature c of the Lincoln high school Carnival held last week, and attendance and enthusiasm were exceptionally high. The Sharon Stake champions will now go on to the regional play-off- s which are scheduled lo hegin at American Fork nett 18. The week on February schedule as' to time and teams to be matched has not yet been Ath-Ipti- Large Population Increase Since a definite decision was announced last Sunday jrivin? the location of the new steel and iron development at Vineyard, facts are coming to light which indicate that the decision to build the plant at that point was reached many months ago. It further appears that definite plans have been in the course of preparation over many months for the actual location of the proposed buildings on the site, and the details of the buildings themselves have been worked out so that when possession is taken next month, everything will be ready for the immediate construction of foundations and the laying of railroad trackage. Items conmost Site Has Facilities Reasons for the selection of the Vineyard site over all other prosites have also become posed known. In the first place, it has been revealed by Defense Plant Corporation officials that most of the necessary facilities were found in the Vineyard site and in that site alone. The reasons for the selection have been given because of wide spread feeling throughout the state that a mistake was being made In taking a agricultural developed highly area for the building of a manufacturing plant, when there is so much worthless land In the state which might have been used. Among the reasons given are the following: 1. Band Area The Vineyard location has an o acreage sufflclertly large, with sub-so- il founda for satisfactory tion purposes. Many of the other sites investigated were not suit able in these respects. 2. Transportation Facilities The Vineyard site Is served by the Union Pacific and Denver & Railways. Rio Grande Western These lines converge at a point a few hundred yards Immediately south of the site selected. They are on the same ground level at this point. Tracks and switching facilities can be constructed for the purpose of serving the on plant with reasonable cost and grades which are almost Ideal for the purpose. There will be approximately 70 miles of trackage constructed on the plant Bite to serve all its purposes. There will be twenty s lines between the state highway and the D. & R. G. track at a point on the Bite where the Vineyard chapel Is now located. Railway transportation Is one side-track- Sliaron Slake Wards Prepare5 For Relief Society Conferences Similar Programs to be Held in Seven Wards Sunday Evening j City Has Water Supply Available State Equal To Any COUNCIL CONSIDERS In-Th- from agricultural U9e to that of home building. As fas' as farms are subdivided into city lots and homes built thereon, the demand for irrigation water decreases. Irrigation water In this territory is all Provo River water or from the Duchesne and Weber Rivers through storage In the Deer Creek reservoir, and it may become usable for culinary use Supply Detailed Orem City now has 2 second by a process of exchanges. feet of water in its culinary syst- Orem Has Filings em. Orem now has filings for exIt owns approximately change purposes on Guard Quartof the Alta stream, with a ers springs and Bridal Veil Falls possibility of obtaining as much In Provo Canyon. more of that stream as may be As a last reort, Orem could necessary. do the same as Salt Lake City is Orem Metropolitan Water Disthat Is, take water out of doing trict has purchased 1500 acre Deer Creek reservoir direct, and fept of Deer Creek water. by chlorination make It useahle Within the limits of Urem Is In' its water system. However, located the Provo Beinrh Canal this last alternative will likely and Irrigation Company which not be taken because of the has a Deer Creek subscription of abundant supply .from the Alta, Also, partly Guard Quarters 2,000 acre feet. Springs, and serving the Orem territory is the Bridal Veil Falls. Users Provo Reservoir Water This company Water Summary Company canal. To summarize, Orem has a pohas a 16,000 acre foot subscription In Deer Creek, a part of tential 6500 acre foot water sup which (probably about 3,000 ply In Deer Creek, 2 second feet acre feet) is available to the of water In Its present supply, apOrem area. proximately 2 second feet in Its proportion of the Alta stream and Irrigation Companies the additional potential supply of The Provo Begich Canal and 135 second feet of primary water Irrigation Company also has a of the Provo River through canal of approximately companies now serving the area. primary right 40 second feet of water from Such a large supply would be Provo River. The Provo Reser- more than enough to takp care of voir Water Users Company ha a territory twice as largo as Orem about 25 second feet of pri- There will always be nepd for irRiver rigation water, so that not all of mary water from Provo which Is available to the Orem the stream would be needed or territory. taken for culinary use. It will thus be seen that there From this it appears that Orem are available approximately 6500 acre feet of Deer Creek water is In a fortunate position of havwhich may become converted by ing opportunity knocking at her exchange Into culinary water as doors with the ability and cathe demands increase. This is pacity on her part to take advantpossible through the taking of age of the opportunity. Does Orem have an available water supply sufficiently large to take care of a large Increase in population? This is the question most frequently asked. The answer Is emphatically Yes in fact It has one of the largest potential water supplies of aaj city or town In the state of Utah. Consider the following: land one-four- th 1 group. BERRY GROWERS VIEW MARKETING AGREEMENT I The meeting was vpry poorly attended, however, and Association officers expressed disappointment that local growers were taking so little Interest In marketing plans for 1942. All those present, Mr. Burr rpports, were In agreement that price control of the raspberry crop should be maintained, but no definite was taken. J. Erval Christensen. presided over the meeting. The State Board of Agriculture Is to contact berry growers In the northern part of the state Mr. Shaw stated, to obtain their cooperation in an agreement to control prices, so that any action taken here will not be purely local. As soon as further word Is received from the State Board, after making contacts to the north, another meeting will he called for berry growers in this area. Crowprs are urged to become ai-tl- Meeting Poorly Attended; Greater Response Urged brief preview of tbe Relief Society conference will ments. be held In each of the seven season's work will be given, and The state marketing agreement wards of Sharon stake next Sun- the subject What phase of work as explained by Seth T. Shaw, for effort anto the greatest challenges day evening, according director of the State marketing are what your Board of nouncement of Mrs. Eva Gillespie this year and was conAgriculture, be President. plans in relation to It? will Stake Relief Society sidered with favor at tbe Satur- The meetings will commence at treated. the usual time for the ward Talks on "One Hundred Years sacrament services. with the Mrs. Mae Davis and Mrs. Flora of Progress A preliminary meeting for Centennial theme will be g'ven Bigler; - Grand View, Mrs. Eva ward bishoprics, stake board re- by ward counselors, and Stake Gillespie- Lake View, Mrs. Merle will speak on Foote, Mrs. Clara Taylor; Pleaspresentatives and ward Relief representatives Mis. Daisy kelson, Society presidencies will be held How May Relief Society Meet ant View, for one-hahour for the dlscus-Blo- n Its Obligation to Greater Spirit- Mrs. Norma Gunnell; Sharon. Mrs Mary Stewart, Mrs. Melba of pertinent questions and uality In the Ward. n marketthe giving of a comparative reTlmpanogos, Mrs. Kather- more active In Brief remarks will be made by Fyne; ine Zobell, Mrs. Jennie Farley; ing plans. Certainly, if we port by the stake board repre- ward bishops. sentative. Vineyard, Mrs. Myrtle Christen- wont do something to help ourson. selves. someone else cannot be exSongs for all of the confer- Brief Services ences will be under the direction All numbers on the program Edgemont, Grand View. Tlmp- pected to do it for us." Mr. Burr of ward Relief Society music com- have been limited as to time, Mrs. anogos and Sharon conferences declares Growers must get tomittees, and appropriate num- Gillespie states, so the meetings egln at 7 p. m., Lake View and gether and cooperate If to y exbers will he Interspersed through- will not last longer than an hour Vineyard at 7:3') p. m., and pect to urhold the berry price out the programs. this season." and fifteen minutes, or an hour Pleasant View at 6:30 p. m. Similar services will be held and a half at the most. nHMmmwawwmiimiwiiiiiiiwHimfWiwHWtiitmMHBWwwmm rain In each ward, with the ward i Ward Relief Society presidents bishopric taking charge until who are to be In charge are: after the Sacrament. inn ward Ella Baum: Edgemont, Mrs. R:l!ef Society president will then Grand View, Mrs. Ruby Stratton: are preside. Serretarvs reports Lake View. Mrs. Lillie Sumslon: to he given, and sustaining of Tleasant View, Mrs. Anna NielIn the L. II. S. Auditorium officers held. son; Sharon. Mrs. Fern Laudle; Tim Mrs. Winnie Graff; anogos. 8 n. m. Friday, February loth Challenge For Tear Ward president will give re- Vineyard. Mrs. Mabel Bunker t ! Ticket: 30 c including tax i ports on special activities and ac- Stake Board Assignments ii Stake hoard assignments for complishments of the year, 3 aehleve- - the arc Edgemont, rmuhmfmtHMmtTHtwiHttnMmft' membership 1 Lincoln Hiffh Play POOR EDDIE , Watkins With the location of the $120,000,000 iron and steel industry next door to Orem on the west, the possibilities of Zoning of Orem according to Orems growth are being given serious attention by all accepted zoning standards was agencies which will be in any wise affected by the new three-fourth- A eonf'-renec- e By A. V. ZONING ORDINANCE proposed at a recent meeting of the Orem City council by Mayor No action was likB. M. Jolley. en upon the proposed ordinance but each of the city couneilmen of the Important themselves as favorable nected with the selection of the expressed to such action at some future site. It Is estimated that more than 6,000,000 tons of Iron ore time. The proposed zoning ordinance and coal will he hauled Into the which was presented by Mayor favored rates Railroad plant. and discussed at some the Vineyard site for the reason Jolley by the council is largely length that If any point further north lines of ordinances now the along had been selected or a site on In In Salt Lake and Provo effect any branch line of either of the and other larger cities of the railroads, ten cents per ton dif- state of Utah. ferential would have been chargUnder the proposed ordinance ed on all freight hanled. This Is to be a zoning commission item alone on 6,000.000 tons was created consisting of seven memof sufficient Importance to give one of whom should be the the Vineyard site a great lead bers, the other members city engineer, over other possibilities. to he appointed by the city council from among the qualified 3. Water Snpply An abundant supply of clear electors of the city. The commiswater for cooling purposes Is re- - sion would serve for a statutory quired in a plant the size of the term provided for all appointive 11 26,000.000 project. At times flty officers and would serve as mtteh as 150 second feet of without compensation. he would commission The rear water will be used for cool- to make broad so given powers Studies show, ing purposes. to the city officials state, that between recommendations p0wells Slough on the south and council for the zoning of the city the Geneva resort on the north, and for dividing the municipality districts of such number, s of the Into practically underground water supply of Utah shape and area as may be best Lake romes Into the lake In that suited to make effective the proper zoning of the rlty. The ordiarea. nance would also give them the Good In Dry Season power to regulate and restrict The State Engineers office al- - the erection, construction, reconso reveals that even In the driest struction alteration, repair or years there has been a minimum use of buildings and other struct0f approximately 27 second feet ures on lands. The commission of spring water running Into the would also have and exercise the lake at Geneva or In the near power contemplated under the proximity. This water makes np Zoning Commission Act provided a part of the Utah Lake supply for In the state statutes. Wide which Is owned hv Salt Lake powers arp given the zoning comCounty Interests. These well and mission and the cltv council in spring waters will be collected the matter of zoning. In cooling ponds which will he The ordinance will he further hullt upon the southwest part of considered at a mppting of the the plant site. They will there council to he held early next he pumped to various parts of week the plant as needed and In time returned to the lake. However. of the Utah Berry In the process of cooling. some day meeting Growers Association, according water will be evaporated. It to I. J. Burr, president of the (Continued on Page Fourl lf that Orems Potential Water Supply Is Adequate For Reasons For Selecting of Land Purchases Are Proceeding Satisfactorily For Steel and Iron Plant Effort To Save Vineyard Ward Chapel Fails SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 Ter Year in Advance 12, 11)42 . SCE1RA THEATRE I Doors open at 6:30 p. m. Thur. - Fri. - Sat. Feb. SERGENT YORK 12-13- 44 Gary Cooper and Joan Leslie The amazing story of the greatest V. S. War Hero. Has everything to make up a fine film stars, romance, drama, exvitement, a fascinating story and beautiful setting! also- - HIAWATHA RABBIT HUNT NEWS Cartoon Matinee at 2 p. m. Saturday Matinee prices: 40c and 15c tax. including Evening performances: 7:15 and 9:45 daily Prices: 66c and 15c including tax. (Thursday and Friday, Matinee prices to 7:30) Mon. Tues. - Wed. Feb. THEY DIED WITH THEIR - 16-17-- 18 BOOTS ON Errol Flynn and Olivia Dellavllland One of the most spectacular events In United Staws military history, General Custers last stand, is thrlllingly reenacted in this big screen adventure! plus ONE MAN NAVY Terry toon ARMY CHAMPIONS Pete Smith Specialty : Adults ( before 7:30. 25c, after 7:30 3yc Students and children regular) Thurs. - Fri. - Sat. Feb. IIOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY 19-20-- 21 Maureen O'Hara and Walter Pidgeon An Academy Award contendir this great human-Interodocument of a WpMi mining town!' (Assessment. Adult before 7:30, 25c, afer 7:30, 3f'c st cluding tax, Students and children regular) In- |