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Show 'V-- ' Mr A. ' I t f i r ' 9 . '' V f iP TOLUME XXIV , LATTON KAYSVILLE, Company Organized' to Build-HigLine Canal All-Talki- AND FARMINGTON Pictures Prove to be Success in Kaysville h ; The first showing of the pictures at the opera house was huge success last Saturday evening. Never has the opera house. been M crowded at a moving picture or legitimate show as it was Saturday night when Kaysville turned out in mass to Show-boa- t. see the picture all-talki- ng 550 Shares of Davis,, arid Weber Purchased to Supply Water for Canal; Work of Securing Rights of Way Are Now On . all-talki- ng With the organization of the High Lise Canal company, which has been effected, the prompt construction of this, the south extension of the Davis and Weber Counties canal is assured. For the purpose of supplying water for this canal, 550 shares of water in the Davis and Weber Counties canal have been secured. .The intake of the proposed canal will be at a point be tween the Stephen Nalder and John W. Thomley farms, northeast of Lay-toand the terminus will be near the Thomas Nichols farm, southeast' of Kaysville. The canal will be built with a capacity to carry 600 shares of water, which is but fifty shares more than has been is regretted that the furchased. It irrigation companies have not purchased shares of water, but it is just possible, if they act at once, water may be secured and the canal built large enough to carry water for the lands under their ditches. The High line canal will be approximately six miles in length and will be carried across the deep gulches by the syphon system. The capital stock of the company is $60,000, and that amount has been fully subscribed. It is probable that construction work will be commenced soon after rights of way have been secured, and work of securing the rights of way has been Faustine Whitaker Dies of Meningitis; Funeral Held Monday commenced. , The officers and directors of the company are William H. Blood, president; Albert B. Barton, John G. M. Barnes, secretary and treasurer; John R. Gailey and R. O. Layton, directors. vice-preside- nt; Breakfast Club The Early Morning Breakfast ' club of Farmington met at the home of its leader, Mrs. C. .M. Peterson, Wednesday. .The. following officers were elected: President, Maxine May- field; Virginia Swag-lle- r; secretary-treasure- r, Madge Steed; reporter, Both Mayfield; kheer leader, Patricia Robinson; playmaster, Elna Clark; song leader, Lori Vow lea. The dub will meet once a week to 'com-pleits project, which will in- dodo the making of soups, salads, vegetables, cookery and desserts. 4-- H , vice-preside- nt, te 4-- H , Agent Reorganizes H Food Clubs Miss Ruby Stringhara, home demonstration agent, assisted Mrs. Dora Smoot, club leader of Farmington, in foods club Friday. reorganising a The following officers were President, Donna- - Rampton; 4-- 4-- H d: vice-preside- Doria Griffith; secretary-treasure- nt, r, Loraine Keller; reporter, Lillian Vowles; bong leader, Audrey Spencer; cheer leader, Ruth Qviatt; play master, Ruth Huntsman. Mist Stringham says the dub will continue with its foods projects this year, and will meet every Saturday at the home of Mrs. Smoot. 4-- H Davis' high and her many friends were school, shocked to hear of her death. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the graveside in the Kaysville cemetery. Bishop Frank Hyde of KayB-vill- e officiated. Besides her mother and father, she is survived by one sister, Helen Whitaker, of Ogden, and two brothers, Bruce and Giraud, of Kaysville. Funeral services were held at the graveside in the - Kaysville cemetery A Monday afternon at 2 oclock. of friends number relatives and large attended the services, which were under the direction of Bishop Frank Hyde. Music was furnished by a mixed quartet consisting of Mr. and Mrs. C. LeRoy Clayton, Mrs. Clifford D. Strong and Harry J. Cottrell, who rendered Guide Me to Thee..Howard Larkins rendered the vocal solo, Absence. The Invocation was by William E. Gailey, and the benediction and dedicatory prayer was by H. J. Sheffield, Jr. The Speakers were Bishop Frank Hyde gad Samuel Morgan. A large number of relatives end friends from Centerville, Ogden, and Salt Lake were in attendance. The floral offering! were numerous and very beautifuL . i New-hou- the convention. . se j Dawson Bros. Start Third O. P. Skaggs Store in Ogden Ray and Elias Dawson of Layton started this week thei third O. P.' Skaggs store In Ogden' at the corner of 22nd and Washington avenue. The Dawson brothers have been doing exceptionally well in the chain grocery business. Ray Dawson started in the O. P. Skaggs chain in Lay-towhich he sold to the Sanitary Market, when he started his first store on 24th street in Ogden. About a year ago they opened another store on W ashington ; avenue: between 23th and 26th streets. The new store is probably the most attractive store of the three in Ogden, being on the corner, well lighted and with complete' new' fixtures throughout... In these three stores 25 men are employed. Ray .Dawson, is general manager; Elias Dawson is manager of the 24th street store; Harry II. Simmons manager of the Washington avenue store, and J. W. Olsen is man-agof the 22nd Washington avenue store. The building they are in was formerly occupied by the MounfainMo- tor company, oldsmobile dealers. n, - . ' 1 Illness Leonard Following Illness George M. Leonard, a life long and respected citizen of Farmington, died at the home of his daughter in Salt Lake early last Sunday morning, following an extended illness of kidney trouble u per ind uced-- w i th heart trou- Irri-rati- psso-elatio- Bountiful Pioneer Died at Her Nevada April 8, 1866. She had lived in Kaysville the greater part of her life, and was active in the L. D. S. church affairs. Besides her husband she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ivan Sessions of Chesterfield, Idaho, and one son, Lorin Bone of Ogden. Fifteen grandchildren and the following brothers and sisterssurvive:- Mrs. Clara Williama of Alberta, Canada; Hugh McLean of Layton; L. C. McLean of Ogden; Elmer McLean of Logan; P. R. McLean of Salt Lake, and Mrs. Fay Taylor of Twin Falls, Idaho. Funeral services will be held in the Kaysville ward tabernacle Friday afternoon at I oclock. The services will be under the direction of Bishop Frank Hyde and interment will be in the Kaysville cemetery.. The body may be viewed at the home on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning up until time of the services. - ble. Mr. Leonard was born in Farming-to- n December 7, 1868, the son of Truman and Mary Ann .Meadows Leonard. Early in life he filled a mission to the Samoan Islands and soon after he returned he married Mary Sanders who died two years ago. At the time of his death he was president of the Shepard Creek company, and an officer ia the Farmington Federal Farm Loan, He was at one time president of the seventies quorum of the FarmHome ington ward, and was first counselor o Bishop Arthur Hess of the first . Mr. Sarah Ann- - Stailis Duerden, dsbopric of. the North Farmington widow of Richard Duerden, died at ward. He is survived by seven children as the family residence In Wood Cross ollows: Marvin Prentice, Burnham J., Wednesday morning following a three weeks illness. She was bora in Eng- LaV erne, Margaret, and Mary Leonland July 1, 1840, and had been a resi- ard and Mrs. Rtfelon Moon, all of dent of Davis county for many years, Farmington, and Mrs. Richmond S. Surviving her are six children: Nephi Toung of Salt Lake City. Six sisters Duerden and Mrs. J. E. Tletgraff, jlso survive; they are: Mrs. Jennie both of Bountiful; Mrs. Jens K. Nelson Earl, Mrs. Alice Welling. Mra. Mamie of Clearfield; William S. and Richard Garn and Mrs. Helen Burns, all of Duerden and Mrs. Margaret Burns, fteldinff Mn. Amy Alien of Bay all of Salt Lake; also twenty grand- nond, Canada, and Mrs. Hattie Earl, children and thirty great grandchil- of Logan. dren. re in the i?nrice Funeral services will be held Sat- North Farmington ward meetinghouse urday from the South Bountiful ward Wednesday afternoon under the direcmeeting house at 1 oclock, under the tion of Bishop Geo. A. Welling. Inter- direction of Bishop Ezra T. Hatch. Interment will bo in the Bountiful cemetery. on n. -- Bountiful Man Starts Serving Jail Term Lawrence Laker, 23, of Woods Cross, was lodged in the Davis county jail at Farmington Monday on a charge of attempted assault. The complaint was signed by Edna Chaffin. Pending the preliminary hearing Luker will begin serving a six months sentence which was imposed and suspended by Justice Hyrum Sessions of Bountiful on March 21, when he was arrested for drunkenness. ment took place in. the Farmington city cemetery. Hundredth Anniversary Conference SYRACUSE Om fi tte kzywtett bmbMm M Davis MMf lun water ts.ws hair, smia, hrw new braiif mb ' ffsAtsUs ones The one hundreth anniversary conference of the Saints will convene in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Salt Lake Cjty, Sunday, April 6. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M. in the Tabernacle, Sunday, and will be a priesthood meeting, admission to which will be only by tickets to be obtained from waijd bishops or stake presidents. The services will be broadcast over KSL, so that wherever there is a receiving set, the peo-pmay hear the proceedings. President Heber J. Grant will deliver- - the centennial message of the First Presidency at the morning meeting. Sunday afternoon the meeting will be for the general public, beginning at 2 P. M. Admission to the pageant, which will be every night for more than a week, will be only by tickets which may be obtained free of charge from bis- hops and stake presidents. - Tickets for, the pageant will be good only for the performance on the night for which the tickets are dated. Members of stakes outside of. Salt Lake county will be given preference the first four nights of the week. Special programs are to be arranged in all ward chapels and.visitors in Salt Lake City will be invited to the Salt Lake r ward churches. The general sessions of the conference will be resumed Monday. The 10 A. M.,and 2 P. M. Sunday, Monday and - Tuesday sessions will be broadcast over KSL. Choirs and bands from outside of Salt Lake will during the Conference. .1Z.The cityhas becn deco rated for the centennial and special trains of visitors are coming from Los "Angeles, San Francisco, the Pacific northwest and Arizona, and auto caravans are en route from Canada. It is expected that about .0,00(f visitors will. come to Salt. Lake City, centennial, week .The Salt Lake temple, as will be the case with all other temples of the Church, will be illuminated with flood lights during the conference as a special feature of the centennial .. celebration. I ) So great will be the crowds, it has been suggested that . people living within driving distance of Salt Lake City home each night, permitting visitors from a lon&dis- Tancelo uselhFHotels and other accommodations So great has been the demand for tickets to see the pageant that it has been'decided to run it the second week . kasta. tell-hu- m 7 ie Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nakano announce the arrival of a son at their home Tuesday mroning. Mr. and Mrs. Reed Duncan announce the arrival of a son at their home in Clearfield Sunday. The young son of Mr. and Mrs. William Knighton has been very ill for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Stoker motored to Kaysville Sunday and visited friends. Mrs. Joseph P. Bodily entertained at a quilting party at her home Tuesday afternoon. Luncheon waa served to ten guests. ' Miss Geo Bennett entertained at a dinner party at her home Sunday.eve-ninCovers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barber, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bennett, Jr., Miss Mary Wilcox, and William Miller. , Elder Lynn Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. If. P. Hansen, arrived home Saturday evening from the southern states mission, where he had spent the past twenty-si- x months doing mis L. D. S. church. rthe sionary.work.lfo Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Walker announce the engagement of their oldest son Ralph ,and Miss Jetta Winegar of Heyborn,. Idaho... The marriage will take place on April 17. Miss' Verna Willey1' is ' spending the week in Ogden as guest of Mr.-ang. -- - , "" -- -- d Mrs. Marion Willey. Elder William Holt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Holt, arrived home Sat- urday evening from the South Eastern States mission, where he had spent the past twenty-si- x months doing mis sionary work for the L. D. S. church. Mr and Mrs Ray-D- a wm of Ogden were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oel C. Sessions and family. The Child. Clinic will be held in the Mr. and Sirs. Clarence Tree of OgRelief society room Wednesday, April den' were dinner guests of Mr. and 9, at 1 p. m. , ,r. Mrs. Arnold Bodily Sunday. -- A Fine Structure of Concrete and Steel; Road Grading Well Underway and Will Soon Be Completed Within the next two weeks the new concrete and steel bridge over Haights creek,' at thel mouth of Bairs canyon to the will havlfbeen completed.. This bridge It is very little' consolation World war veterans of Davis county will be the largest and most expensive men of all wars to bridge in Davis county. and the The bridge will be supported by two know that in the space of a few years shore abutments and two intermediate budtheir services and those of their dies who made the supreme sacrifice abutments, each of reinforced conon the field of battle have been so crete. The shore abutments are 89 much forgotten that the Davis county feet 6 inches from center to center, commissioners are willing to use the and the intermediate abutments are veterans names as a secondary con 55 feet from center to center, giving federation in the proposed erection of the bridge a stream clearance of 55 feet. a courthouse. The floor of the bridge will be eight At the meeting of the inches of creoaoted two-inc- h plank and commissioners at th6 court- turned on covered with three edge, house March 26, the commissi&ners s inches of bituminous did not refute the statement that the and material. The floor will be supported reason the Courthouse proposition was steel I beams, and the not put up as a bond issue was be by four of the bridge will have an ornasides cause they felt that it would be voted mental " guard rail. down' by the people; also that they The .new bridge is about 100 feet had not entertained the idea of old wood structure, where below memorial until in their search of the there isthe sufficient depth and clearance state laws for a means of lawfully to In flood stage. The the creek carry raising funds for the proposed build road has been changed to make a, ing, it was discovered that the tate crossing over the new bridge. . law empowered the county commis- direct leaves It the old highway at a point tax for me- near the Lee sioners to levy a Jost cherry farm corner, morial purposes. and intrecepta it again a This method of erecting a courtsouth of the Robert Green homehouse deprives the taxpayer of his stead. franchise and. a voice as to whether or The bridgf "ig being constructed by not it should be built, and also defeats Christensen, Jacobs A . Gardner, Salt the real spirit and purpose and rev Lake City contractor!,- and the road erenco in which a memorial should be work ia being done by the Wheelerected. Let us have either a me- wright Construction company of Ogmorial or a courthouse never the two den. , combined. The impression has been The Wheelwright company has a created that the basement in the pro- considerable foree of men and teams, posed - build ing was - ad voca ted i reinforced by a full equipment of toad- -' meeting place for all building machinery, grading the road by the commissioners themselves. from a point north of the James Love This ia incorrect, inasmuch as the homestead to the new bridge over the idea was first suggested by some of the Weber river, where the road Inthe after they had tercepts the Lincoln highway at the learned that thf only space allotted to mouth of Weber canyon. them in the original plana of their When completed, as it will be withmemorial, beyond that of an in e few weeks, tb'a read will present entrance hall, was to be a room about the finest scenery in Utah. The whole twenty by twenty feet! . of fertile Deris ceunty lies a panoWhat a subterfuge! But a few years rama along its ' tat ire distance, and the slogan among the presents a seen of rural charm and waa everything for the boys. prosperity not found elsewhere In Truly the people with money and these valleys of the mountains. On means made good with their dollars to the west is spread the Great Salt and prayed for our return. Many of lake, with its mountain Islands, and, the boys- from the World war did re- on and eh to the. west, the purple turn they are men now, assuming peaks of the desert mountain ranges. the responsibilities of home and govFrom thie rood can be viewed the ernment and are still upholding their finest sunsets hi the whole world, end of the cross of life. If in 1898 and it is hemmed on both sides by the they deserved the best, if in 1917 they finest cherry, peaelh and apricot lands deserved the best, then they deserve found in America, Incidentally, it it now; and they are right In refuting may be well to state that this region, to accept from the people such a use- along this highway, win have a normal less proposition as a basement room fruit crop this year while other fruit in the proposed courthouse, which has regions are reporting partial or total been given the misnomer of me- failure. morial. Can you imagine the starry banner waving proudly over a baseBOUNTIFUL ment room? What would the dead in whose memorial sort of of this say Miss Ruth Argyte, who Is leaving memory it Is to be constructed? With ' the living protesting as they are, it soon for the California mission, will be a farewell testimonial at the given would be as gall and wormwood in West Bountiful amusement hall this their mouths. Wake up, people of Davie county 1 (Thursday) evening at 8 oclock.. If it is now time for the war veterans Dancing will conclude the following to have their dessert, then give them program: Invocation. James A. El- - : of your beet or give not at alL . Such dredge; Instrumental quartet, Mrs. a sacred thing as a memorial erected Nephi Uepwerth and Misses Alta, to the living and the dead should be Chrolia and Ehvym Wright; baritone mixed thoroughly with mind, heart, solo. Joseph IL Wood; reading, Lucillo and soul As a sacred trust to those Pack; vocal quartet, Jenere Lee, Lowho go forth to battle there should rain. Winegar,. Elsie Hepwprth and 7 be no quibbling about the metter. Myrtle Jackson; piano solo, Loretta H. L. GLEASON Stevens; vocal solo, Little Faye Hep- worth; remarks, .Bishop Thomas E. Winegar; response, the missionary; , Mrs. talk, Jessie II. Argyle; benediction, Thomas M. Argyle. Following Session-camef of. ' Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Hatch, wife of Utah Pkrncrs of Bountiful met at th Stearns Hatch, and daughter of John home of Mr. Elizabeth Wood Friday and Harriet Hales, died at her home afternoon. Mr. Sarah C. Barlow gave in Woods Cross Wednesday following a life sketch of her father, Israel Call. a short illness. She was born in Mrs. Sylvia Blake gave an interesting Bountiful January 3, 1859, and was paper on The Mining Industries of J married to Steams Hatch October 9, Utah. Musical numbers and readings ' 1876. She is survived by her husband were given by Helen and Florence and the following children: Ire Thomas and Mary belle Hatch, mem- - -of the Steams Hatch of Garland, Mn, Har- bers of the the direction of Mrs. riet E. Nelson' of Clearfield, John E. Hatch of Woods Cross, Mn. Leone Maude Heyward.A reunion of the descendants of th Jane Wilcox of Farmington, Mn. Laura L. Eskelson of Kamas, Mn. late Bishop William Brown, of South' Irene II. Reed of Clearfield, Wilford Bountiful, will b held at the home of W. Hatch and Mrs. Lillian G. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Ira C. Holbrook on Friboth of Woods Cross, and Mrs. Sarah day evening at 8 oclock. Mr. and Mrs. James Day celebrated . II. Smith of Salt Lake. She la also survived by thirty-nin- e grandchildren their sixty-thir- d wedding anniversary j and the following brothers and aiaters: at their home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.- John L. Hatch an- Charles W. Ellis of Woods Cross, John IL Ellis of Idaho Falls, Idaho; nounce the arrival of a daughter at and Mrs. Hannah Isabella Henry of their home Friday. r , Mri and Mrs. Ephrain Tolman an- Panguitch. Mn. Hatch has always resided in nounce th marriage of their daughter Bountiful and - was-a- n Winnie and'Homcr , LT Anderson of ' of the L. D. S. church and had been Garland. The ceremony took and ' of ficer in for the Salt Lake- temple Monday, place in many years. Funeral services were held in the South Bountiful meeting house Sunday- - afternoon- at l oclock JBeing . and were largely attended. Interment This took place in the Bountiful cemetery. Funeral services for James Luker, who 'diedof. heart trouble Tuesday M Men morning, were held in the Bountiful this afternoon at, 2 oclock. 11 tabernacle Interment took place in the Bountiful cemetery, lie was the son of Lorenzc The M Men and Gleaner girls ban- and Alice' Kynaston Luker and wai quet will.be given in the Davis high born in Pocatello, Idaho, but had livcf Z shoolgymnwium-o- n theveningof Mil Bountiful for some time. , Beside! Anril 11 under the direction of tho his parents, he is survived by the fob , ' stake M. I. A. board. Mrs. lowing brothers and sisters: will start promptly at Theron Matin, ' Oscar, Thelma, Ida, The banquet. 7 :30 oclock, and everybody' in the Edith, and Aldcn Luker, an of stake is cordially invited to attend. COMMUNICATION -- -- ex-aerv- three-fourth- 24-in- ch one-mi- ll short-distanc- - so-call- ed stay-at-m- ee - - -- fsrtfls ssU, Cetr eteittete irrizslisw toaaspsrtstiM rUc to tout iltki It a aMst SasiraMs rises far er , At a meeting of the Layton post No. 87, American Legion, that organization was unanimous in its opposition of the building of the new county courthouse as a memorial. A resolution was presented to the post by their Frank I). Adams, committeeman, which' was amended and endorsed. Frank Adams was given power to act or the. County committee of five which will meet with the county commissioners Monday, The committee will meet tomorrow night to formulate the resolutions as presented to each group of the in the county. After the discussion of the courthouse question, an election of post officers was held.. The following officers will serve this year: Janies Morgan, commander; Clifford Wood, Leo Ware, adjutant; Len Sandall, treasurer; W il E. Frank D. Adams, sergeant-at-armAdams, chaplain.' Otto A. Wiesley, department adjutant, and E. A. Littlefield, national committeeman of the American Legion of Utah, both spoke on the value of the organization to the community, state and nation. s; e Professor Byron Alder will be in Davis county April 10 to attend a aeries of poultry meetings. ' The first meeting will be held in the Clearfield Other amusement hall at 1 p. m meetings will be held in the Kaysville opera house at 4 p. m. and the North Centerville church at 8 p. m. Profeasor Alder will talk on the brooding and feeding of baby chicks. New poultrymen are especially urged - to r be In attendance. t Anyone interested should attend the Cattle and Horse Growers', convention which will be held tomorrow (Friday) morning at 10 o'clock at the hotel in Salt Lake City. Much good can be gained from attending Bridge at Mouth of Bairs County Court Ilpuse Canyon Near Completion i at NUMBER 15 APRIL 3, 1930. "Showboat was one of the first big pictures to be tried in the talkies in the United States. The later pictures which have been made since "Show-boare even better as far as sound and voice reproduction is concerned. The accoustics in thq opera bouse proved to be very good, the sound being easily heard without an echo from every part of the halL According to the men who ars installing the machine, there are still little adjustments to be made that will improve the sound and pictures materially. But to those who heard and saw the picture Saturday, very little improvement is necessary. The people of Kaysville will no longer haVe to go to Salt Lake City or Ogden to hear the great orchestras that help tnake the pictures more interesting. The crowd that turned out for the picture Saturday night is a fair indi- Mrs. T. IL Bone Dies cation of how the people in the ward Following are going to attend the fine pictures that are booked in the future. The Mrs. Sarah McLean Bone, wife of management have been careful In H. Bone, died at an Ogden Thomas booking only the best pictures . for 3:15 oclock Tuesday afat hospital here. showing ternoon, following a short illness. She was the daughter of James and HanGeo. M. Dies nah Driggs McLean and was born in at Faustine Whitaker, age 16, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Whitaker, died Saturday evening at the Dee hospital in Ogden of spinal meningitis. She had been ill only three days before her death. Faustine was a popular member o f the class sophomore n, rsiuy, American Legion Of Layton Opposes Sound ng Till (JTAH, , , . T be-hea- , -- ' re-tu- rn rd Stearns Hatch Dies '1 Illness -- - , 1 , active-memb- - - er . and Gleaner Girls Banquet April - Luker. Funeral Held Afternoon |