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Show PROVO (UTAH) SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY , 23, 3011 PAGE THREE JL M TV ieep -ova (Ltiy Lavic hnprovemei apid-Groiving Population -Pace r'rovo city, wit& a growtn or over 22 per cent in population during the last decade, has grown commensurately in public improvements im-provements and facilities that make for a balanced and desirable community life. The past five years especially have been interesting and constructive con-structive in the administration of Provo city's affairs. The community communi-ty as a whole has prospered and progressed despite the fact that the city has perhaps had more than its share of persons on relief. re-lief. Federal Aid IVd As Mayor Mark Anderson says, Provo as a community has made the most of the relief labor available avail-able through WPA. The federal government has contributed approximately ap-proximately $1,000,000 to projects proj-ects sponsored by Provo city in the past live years. Other projects proj-ects receiving lederal aid sucn as the West Center overpass, the post office and Utah state hospital improvements im-provements are in addition to the city-sponsored projects. Family Grows Provo city's official family grew by more than 30 members during the past year when the eleclric utility was placed in operation. The electric utility has already proved itself a community asset, 4nd judging by Its operating record rec-ord thus lar, the prediction that the plant would net $100,000 a year on the private power company com-pany rates was conservation, ae-coruing ae-coruing to Mayor Anderson, who declares that it will do that after giving the people a discount that will total some $30,000 a year. "It tne earnings of tne plant are not diverted to other uses, the revenue bonds will be paid oif entirely several years anead of schedule," says the mayor. Une ox the major prooiems Provo Pro-vo city and allied interests hope to accomplish aurmgtne present year 13 tnat of Utan lane regulation. regula-tion. Excessive pump.ng una draining by Salt Laxe vaney interests in-terests Jiaa greatly depreciated tne lake values of tins once-beautitul body of water 'iue people of Utah valley have . both a material and sentimental interest in Utah lane, ixext to tne rugged Wasatch range, the lane is uie major featuie ox this locality, local-ity, without whicn the character and beauty of Utah valley would be greatly altered. Mayor Anderson and the other city officials with the backing uf various other interests, u taken steps toward establishing a I oiicy lor the management of the like through a state agency wnn-authority wnn-authority to coordinate conflict-l conflict-l lg interests in the uses of the (.aiers and the lands of the lane. An act, prepared by local in-teiest3 in-teiest3 and being considered in tne legislature seeks to achieve the goal of creating a utan ra.w authority vested with the power to recognize, determine and establish es-tablish tne multiple uses to which 1 the waters have been and now are being put, and to regulate and control the public and private uses of the waters and land of the lake. The legislature is being asked to establish by law a high and lower water level for the lake. If Utah lake is never fluctuated more than eight feet, fish life will survive sur-vive from year to year, boating will always be possible when the lake i3 not frozen over and the inland harbor that the national park service and the CCC is constructing con-structing for Travo city will be one of Utah valley's greatest assets. as-sets. The harbor and recreation area will be second only to the national parks as a tourist attraction. The year 194 1 will see the lake harbor und lake park development near ly V Wi 7 t J MARK ANDERSON . . . Mayor or Provo P. McGUIRE . Commissioner "1 1 ing completion. Another area with almost unlimited un-limited recreation possibilities i3 Provo canyon and the surrounding surround-ing territory. Mayor Anderson points out th3t there are at present pres-ent some problems in Provo canyon can-yon that the county commissino-ers, commissino-ers, forest officials and city commissioners com-missioners hope to solve before very long. Changes Needed "National forest boundaries MAURKTE HARDING . . . Commissioner of Provo canyon," says the mayor. "Then a sheep-trail through the canyon may be established that will take sheep and cattle off the highway and out of the floor of the canyon. "The scenic road that the forest service is constructing from Provo Pro-vo canyon by way of Poie canyon can-yon into Rock canyon will soon be finished. By next summer we will be able to drive into the beautiful Rock canyon valley. This canyon will be a choice spot for summer as well as winter recreation. recrea-tion. Provo has a better setting must be extended to include more from a scenic and recreation standpoint than has the famous Colorado Springs with its Cheyenne Che-yenne Mountain drive and other tourist attractions . . ." Provo city's Canyon Glen has proved a popular recreational center, cen-ter, attracting large crowds daily throughout ine spring, summer and fall. Among the the many projects that Provo, with the help of Vt'A, is accomplishing is the can-yen can-yen aqueduct. iJrovo city s canyon can-yon water lines have been extended, ex-tended, enlarged and completely lehabuiateu in the past five years. Provo already has one or the tes. water systems to be found anywhere. With the addition of uic ueer CreeK water, the city will be able to douole its population popula-tion and still have water to spare, waunce ttaruing is commissioner or tne city waterworks system, naving succeeded tne late Jesse Haws. lecause of Provo's favored position posi-tion with respect to the vast coal nU iron deposits of Uns region, a growth m industries is anticipated. antici-pated. A like population increase is expected. tiu.u prides itself with having one of tne nnest street systems m the intermountain west. More than 300 blocKS of streets have been paved with rock asphalt during dur-ing tne past live yeais during winch time the street department lias been unuer the supervision or John f. McGuire, commissioner iiie paving has been carried on under spec.al improvement districts, dis-tricts, with part or the cast De-uig De-uig assessed to the abutting property prop-erty owners. Average cost to tne owners per linear toot has been about 8U cents, 'ine abutting property prop-erty owners have 10 years in winch to pay their assessments. 'ine city a accvunts are in tne hanuj or rvrjrs. Mary i. bmilh, city auditor, under whose administration admin-istration the accounting motnous nave undergone quite a cuange. when Mrs. oimth took ofice in IDG, one xund carried ail tne cuy s accounts, whereas today there are a uozen separate luntu, eacn naming nam-ing its control or, voucued a. id receipts. USE OF OAS ENJOYED HERE AT LOW RATE , Residents and industries of Provo, Pro-vo, Springville and Spanish Fork enjoy the use of manufactured gas at a lower rate than that prevailing in any other section of the United States. The authority for this statement state-ment is Boyce Rawlins, local manager man-ager of the Mountain Fuel Supply company who naturally beamed from ear to ear when he made the assertion. "This low rate enables our people peo-ple to enjoy the same rate as is paid for natural gas by our customers cus-tomers in the northern section of Utah county," Mr. Rawlins said. "And; of equal Importance by distributing artificial gas, our company helps to support another important Utah industry the Columbia Steel company. Thus, the employment of more people is made possible which reacts to the benefit of everyone in this county." Serves Four Uses - And Mr. Rawlins Is likewise enthusiastic about the advantages offered by the commodity he sells. Gas, he points out, serves four major purposes heating, cooking, cook-ing, hot water and refrigeration. In so doing it makes use of the very latest appliances, also distributed dis-tributed by the company. Last year 30,228 customers were serviced serv-iced by the company in Wyoming and northern Utah. This was an increase of 44 per cent over the 1930 total of 20,846 customers. Lines extend south to Pleasant Grove and north to Ogden. Employes in 1930 totaled 278, while in 1940 there were 450, an increase of 60 per cent. Among the advantages brought to homes and industries where gas is used are: Cleanliness, with an absence of smoke, dust and soot; labor-saving convenience, due to the fact that gas requires no handling whatever; ease of regulation; regu-lation; dependable supply at all times and genuine economy. As a house-heating fuel, gas provides a steady, uniform, healthful health-ful warmth cither automatically or by means of simple manual control, depending upon the type of equipment used. With an automatic auto-matic gas house-heating unit, no effort i3 necessary to insure a comfortable home through all the fluctuations in weather during the winter, an important factor in safeguarding health. Advantages Shown In cooking, likewise, gas offers advantages. Modern gas ranges have automatic controls which make it possible to Cook an entire dinner to perfection without "pot watching'' or "oven-peeping" in fact, without any attention at all on the part of the home manager. man-ager. For top-of-the-stove cooking, cook-ing, gas can be regulated to any desired degree of heat by a single turn of a valve. With a storage type gas water heater there is always available an instant supply of piping hot water at the turn of the faucet. No waiting for water to heat; no bother of lighting fires; but a ready flow of steaming hot water at any hour of the day or night. These are the advantages offered by gas water heaters. Baking Industry Pledges Support To Standardized Nutritional Program WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 Karly and nation-wide availability oi breads containing increased vita- In refrigeration, the new gas ! mins and food-mineials was in refrigerator eliminates all moving par's, operates in silence and also does away with wear and tear. All there is to it is a tiny gas flame which, strange as it may seem, produces a steady and intense in-tense cold temperature in the refrigeration chamber. "Yes," Mr. Rawlins says, "Gas is the only fuel for the four big jobs. IPs modern, economical, convenient!" FATHER-SONS EAGLE SCOUTS ST. GEORGE, Utah (I'D Like father, like son. That old proverb is being almost overworked by the George T. Thompson family of St. George. In 1925, the older of Thompson's four sons George, now 31 was awarded an Eagle Scout badge by the St. George troop. The father soon became interested inter-ested in scouting and wa3 made an Eagle Scout a few years later. Then Heber Thompson won the coveted badge. Then Horace. And now the youngest son, Reed, ha? been made an Eagle Scout the fifth in the family. dicated . today, by the American Bakers association in a statement pledging full support tt;- .he program pro-gram announced by Dr. Russell M. Wilder, chairman of the National Research Council's committee on iCh.u and nutritiJn. The nutrition program, intended both as a defense measure and as a permanent contribution to national na-tional health, includes the production pro-duction and promotion of 'enriched" 'enrich-ed" breads high in vitamins and minerals needed in oiet. 'lhe bakers gave enthusiastic approval to the plan calling for ultimate adoption of government standards for these breads. Vitamin li2 and tne rood-min-erals calcium and phosphorus, the bakers revealed, already are present pres-ent in liberal quantities in most breads, because of the customary use in bread of milk solids rich in these food elements. Several methods lor raising the vitamin and food-minei al content f bread will be available to bakers, bak-ers, including use of an "enriched" "enrich-ed" flour, which will be provided and standardized by the flour mill ing industry, use of yeasts with high vitamin and mineral content, and direct incorporation of the vitamins and minerals in the baking bak-ing process. The baking industry, its representatives repre-sentatives said, will not delay the program pending government adoption of standards, but will attempt at-tempt to make the new bread available - everywhere as quickly as possible, in c.nfcrmity with tentative requirements and procedures pro-cedures agreed on with the National Na-tional Research Council and government gov-ernment officials. The bakery representatives promised the association's resources re-sources and the laboratories and personnel of the American Institute Insti-tute of Baking fur the handling of technical and produciici problems prob-lems in connection with the new breads, and to- inform and marsh-all marsh-all participation of the nation's 30,000 bakers, who produce 12 billion pounds of baked foods yearly. "Bread offers the ideal medium for providing the consumer with increased amounts of these essential es-sential vitamins and minerals," L. J. Echumaker of Philadelphia, association as-sociation president, said lollow ing a conference with Dr. Wildei and other representatives of tne National Research Council, government gov-ernment and wheat flour Mining industry. "Bread, always the staff of life," will become doubly so. We consider this the baking industry's greatest opportunity in its service to the American consumer." "We desire, to demonstrate," Schumaker said, "that by cooperation cooper-ation of government, science and industry, a constructive program can be brought to the consumer with a nation-wide coverage, with a minimum of delay." AID TO GREECE BY AMERICANS lOkS 3 MILLIONS NEW YORK (UJ.; A campaign to raise $10,000,000 for Greek va.-relief va.-relief under the slogan "Help Greece An Investment in Democracy" Democ-racy" has passed the one third mark, according to Harold S. Vaa-derbiit, Vaa-derbiit, national chairman of tin Greek War Relief Association. Six leading states, iew xcrk, Massachusetts, Caliiornia, Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, Illinois and Ohio ha.e collected $1,500,000. ihe money ia being used to aid civilian refugees in Greece, as well as for medical supplies for the Greek army and civilians. A group of pheasants is known as a nidc. r Buddy O'Regalaunt Learns He's Not Very Elegant H ... .vv. J . 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