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Show "Orem City Council Approves $43,000 Sewer - Water Loan OREM Orem city council voted in favor of a loanof $43,000 to b. used as payment for added sewer-and water mains, and to complete payments on some city equipment, at a joint council and ehamber of commerce meeting held Friday night Loan negotiations were mad with the Lorln W, Cibb broker company of Salt Lake City. From 111,000 to $20,000 of the loan will bt used for laying tha Mwtr and water linai, and tha remainder for refinancing the- remaining eoat of aome of the city's recently recent-ly purchased equipment. . Installation of tha additional sower end, water systems is a pro Ccjpnter Union Hosts to State Builders' Group i Provo's Carpenters union, local lo-cal 1408, served as host to a statewide state-wide representation of builders yesterday when that group held its semi-annual business meeting of the year. Speakers of the day were Clay ton , Jenkins, secretary-manager of the chamber of commerce, and Eldon Payne, city commissioner. Delegates represented seven Utah cities including Logan, Brig-ham, Brig-ham, Of den, Salt Lake, Tooele, V Price and Provo. Ernest Cox, state president of the union, conducted the meeting which Is called twice a year to coordinate the plans and ideas of the" various locals. ' A business discussion centered around an agreement entered into in-to last June by the organization, problems of the apprentice carpenters, car-penters, and plans were formu- lated for the annual convention which is to be held in Ogden the last Saturday in March, 1849. Following the meeting and business busi-ness discussion the Ladies auxiliary auxil-iary of the Provo local served a banquet to the visiting delegates. Body of Dead Man Recovered Near Sunnyside SUNNYSIDE, Utah, Aug. 7 (U.R) The bruised and nude body of a man identified as Charles Vincent Vin-cent McCarthy, 50, was found near Sunnyside yesterday among flood debris washed onto a 'river bank. Investigating officers reported that McCarthy had evidently been dead about 48 hours and that he had probably died of na-. na-. tural causes prior to being swept into the river by a flash flood Thursday evening. Ject Initiated slnca the start of the highway surfacing by the state highway commission, and since tha start of a curb and gutter to run along the highway,. It is tentatively planned that proposed utility lines bo laid with eight and . 10-lnch pipes under the surfacing, Tha money for the sewer and water utilities would cover the cost of materials and installation, the council stated. According to a chamber of commerce com-merce report 90 per cent of the property owners and business houses . alone the protect area favoring the laying of the utilities lines is sufficient for the plans to be initiated. The opposing parties were non-residents who had ownership interests in the area, the report said. ' Part of the curb and gutter project, which must be dona by the city, is complete. Bids for the remainder of the prejeet will be opened by the city Aug. 30 at 10 a. m. The delay In the start of road surfacing, according to a report of the council meeting. Is due to a hold up of road specifications at tha Bureau of Public Roads In Ogden, and not the fault of the state road commission, was the council report. Other business in the meeting was an appeal of some cititens made to Philo Edwards, councilman, council-man, to construct cement aide walks along both east and west Lincoln streets where there is no sidewalk at all. The councilmen stated that they would call a meeting to discuss it and try to work out a three-way proposition between the city, property owners, own-ers, and water users. The latter would have interest insofar as the irrigation ditch runs where a sidewalk probably would be laid. Appointment of Philo Edward& as veterans representative of the city council was made, and a meeting was scheduled for Mr. Edwards to meet with the veterans veter-ans council Saturday night to discuss dis-cuss policies and procedures. Russian Wants 46 Italian Warships ROME. Aug. 7 0J.R) The Russian Rus-sian embassy here charged today that the transfer of 46 warships to the Soviet Union is long overdue over-due and demanded that Italy speed delivery of the vessels due under the peace treaty. The embassy issued a statement denying a report that Italy was given two years to get the 46 units into "operational condition." condi-tion." The treaty allowed a 90 day period and the deadline was Dec. 31, 1947, the Russians said. A foreign office spokesman confirmed that Russia had officially offi-cially asked for the warships as soon as possible. Truman Helps Reunite Them y , . . p ) r After 20 years of heartbreak and red tape, Kurt Schweim, 42, of San Bernardino, Calif., was reunited with his mother at New York's LaGuardia Airport, after President Truman and State Department officials helped. Schweim came here from Berlin in 1928, planning to send for his mother when he had enough money. But the depression, depres-sion, Hitler and the war in which Mrs. Martha Schweim lost ner credentials stopped him. Two months ago, he appealed directly to President Truman, and now the two are together. The Corn Grows Tall in loway - Hero' How ; t bUitDAV HERALE) Sunday, August 8, 1948 I !-: J V -',. ,'S ' I I I I ... i 7 If' J " r w if 1 if f- s V Motorcycle Rider Dies From Hurts OGDEN, Utah, Aug. 7 (U.R) A motoreycla crish victim, Christopher Chris-topher Jamas Weaver, 18, Kays villa, ' died c yesterday In the Thomas Dee Memorial hospital. Weber county sheriffs officers said Weaver was critically hurt when forced to turn quickly to avoid hitting a Uttle girl crossing the toad. ARE NO A 1 I soueti I I JOINTED . I 1 PBOPUg V I U And there are no double meanings to the words "quality" and "satisf action" when used in refer-tnce refer-tnce to this store. You can depend upon finding real dependability at J. W. Dobbins, Des Moines, la., farmer, decided he wanted to give his granddaughter an object lesson on how fast corn grows. Late in June, he took little Opal Lee Dobbins, 5, into a corn patch on his acreage, and held her up so she could reach the topmost leaves, left. Twenty-two days later, right, the two were dwarfed under the sky-scraping stalks. Provo Hotel Project May Be Abandoned at Monday Meeting Whether Provo is to continue efforts for a new hotel or abandon aban-don the project will be decided at a meeting of stockholders of the Provo Hotel corporation at Monday night's meeting in the south courtroom of the city and county building, directors of the corporation said Saturday. The meeting is set for 7:30 p. m., and notices have been sent to all stockholders of the corporation, corpora-tion, according to Clayton Jenkins, Jenk-ins, secretary of the group. He Moroni Slates Horse Race Meet MORONI Moroni's annual Race Meet and Home Coming celebration will be held here August 12, 13 and 14 at the Moroni Mo-roni race track southeast of Moroni. Mo-roni. The annual "Utah Derby is run at this track every year. It is open race for three year olds to determine the top three year old in this section. This year there will be no entrance fee required and the race is open to' any three year old In the United States. During the second day, the Brevity Handicap for all ages will tbe run. This is a race named after the famous stallion and should draw some of the top, horses such as Don Dee. Stadium Bud, High Kisses, Chief Bender, Verda Star, Nebo Chief. Pat L. and others. The third day, will feature tht Linebaugh Handicap, distance and conditions yet to be decided. This race is sponsored by a former form-er Moroni resident, Glade Line baugh, a Salt Lake City druggist Seven races will be run daily. Howard Blackham is endeavoring endeavor-ing to line up a baseball game with either Nephi or Provo to play with Moroni's Junior champs of the County Junior league. They are undefeated in ten games in league play. The ,dte will be announced later for this game. There will also be dances and other entertainment. said the stockholders must decide whether tor 1. Go ahead with the original commercial hotel project located at First West and Centet streets. , 2. Build a hotel-motel combination combina-tion project on another site. 3. Purchase the Hotel Roberts property and operate it with certain cer-tain additions, which will be built. 4. Induce, if possible, hotel operators op-erators from the outside to build and operate a hotel in Provo. 5. Abandon the hotel project entirely at this time. In order to make a definite decision, de-cision, it is necessary for a large number of the stockholders to be present, Mr. Jenkins said. 49 DIE IN JAPAN OF SLEEPING SICKNESS TOKYO. Aug. 7 (U.R) Forty-nine Forty-nine persons have died of sleeping sleep-ing sickness and more than 250 have been stricken in the Tokyo metropolitan area since July health authorities said today. Fifty-three per cent of the farms of the United States now have electrical service. I II I OS 2drd SJtlift 'jn!KIiJMIKJl3 Js PHONE 2969 335 WEST CENTER PROVO, UTAH r Pleasant Grove '48 Tax Levy to Stay at 21 Mills PLEASANT GROVE. At a special meeting of the Pleasant Grove city council held Wednesday Wednes-day evening, the levies for the year 1948 were set at 21 mills which is the same levy as last year. The assessed valuation of all property within Pleasant Grove city is $1,227,447. If 100 per cent of the taxes are collected, the city would receive $29,767 with a 21 mill levy. This is an increase of $115,766 above the assessed valuation for the year 1947. Eureki Mary Lou Farren entertained members of her 4H cooking club at her home. A very interesting demonstration and cooking lesson les-son was held. Club members attending at-tending were Connie Jameson, Colleen Paxman, Angelina Bog-den. Bog-den. Teachers attending were Mrs. Virginia Randal, and Miss Ethel Brereton. Special guests were Lois Phipps, and Linda Far ren. WHY TAKE LESS THAN ON YOUR SAVING FUNDS WITHDRAWABLE WHEN' YOU NEED THEM Utah Savings & Loan Assn. 172 WEST CENTER PHONE S422 A im precision wiW BUILT Now Under Construction SEE THEM AT 16th South in Orem Vi Mile West of Highway No. 91 BILL; BAKER Orem Utah Phon 062-R1 Mrs. Clara 6. Culmsee 770, N 2 E, Provo ussiissiisai Of the Brand New GAS RANGE 1 6). ! n'V fK te"1' .o6' to t? ef . f lve i! VO Mr QJU 9e Is iter- Johnny Cobb wishes to thank all of the contestants for their entries. The Free Gifts will be delivered soon. Also thanks to our judges, Mrs. Arta Balliff Mr. Marion J. Olsen and Mr. Fred C. Strate. AND APPLIANCE CO. INC. 348 W, CENTER i z |