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Show Local Amusement .Try sU-, U ' Resortsttr Assessment Tho American Amusement company of American Fork, has levied an assessment as-sessment of two cents per shnro on Its capital block, and has an advertisement advertise-ment in u Provo paper that all tho stock on which this assessment has not been paid will bo sold on tho 22ud lust., to pay the. oxpenscs Incident thereto. Tho advertisement was drawn to our attention, with request that wo glvo publicity to It lest somo local lo-cal stockholder might bo sold out unawares. un-awares. Tho advertising Is evidently illegal, ns tho state law requires that such notices must bo advertised In n paper having ft general circulation where tho company docs business. Tho American Amusement company Is the company thnt operntcs tho Orient Ori-ent Thentro and tho Amorlcnn Fork Opera House. Tnat tho company is a losing venturo will bo uows t nil, excepting ex-cepting tlioso who iinvo insldo Information Infor-mation of tho business done nt tho two show houses. An effort wns made to sccuro a local trust on tho Amorlcnn Amorl-cnn Fork amusements, but tho prir thnt had to bo paid wns evidently moro than tho business will stand, unless conducted with push, publicity and Bhrowd business enterprise. It Is snld that It is costing tho Amorlcnn Am-orlcnn Amusement company $G5 pot month to keep tho Opera Houso closed. clos-ed. This nlono Is sufllclcut to piu good dividends if on the right shit of tho ledger, and enough to canst assessments If plnced on tho wrong side, TIiIh Is a dny of progress The peoplo peo-plo rcqulro tho best, and It Is also r day when nnyono expects to remain In business must ndopt a policy of publicity advertising and push, |
