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Show SECTION TWO AMERICAN FORK IS THRIVING-COL; THRIVING-COL; LI UNITY, 3600 POPULATION ty jtT ar In Jur. at, 1Z'X a .--:: t.-vl cf wtta ptaj rtrr enrwt tj Ptotj from iia.lt. cair jJ ca a prt which Uler be-tj-f t e-jclrus for tl-as city. Tthl - Xiii. ta men W.1S LVHr firr.;: returned to TJUji rI tvili..- horn. Amer - Kan Fork has frown la these n' - r. - XT TT ITOT3 KAJkiTUl CI pioneers pio-neers to a thriving cocnmuruty cf Z l'Z'X WHS a pepuIsUsa cf 12.000 t?-.in flre-nuie ra.ii us. An.cr-Fcrk An.cr-Fcrk is tr. ptvot around h:;h tie t'i of the north ftJ i ?f LtS county revolves. TurWe RaKiiar Fa.rrr.ing, dairying, fruit grow-chcicca grow-chcicca and turkey raising prcre-J profitable. The largest in.lytry cf the community la Use rijllry lr.d-.utry which ha frown to ivh proportion a to warrant tr.e V.U for. American Fork cf Tb Poultry Center cf LUb." Located Lo-cated here are twu ef shipping pUr.ts and two poultry dressing flis'j. Lojt year 3,000 cases cf err were shipped from here, net- t.-g approximately $42-5.000 to the chicken raisers. The turkey Industry In-dustry fcjfc Jumped ahead at rapid rate within the past few jers unUi last year 250.c)O birds were prccwsed al the two dressing plants, celling the growers around I S700. The annual Poultry Day celebration held each summer attracts at-tracts state-wide attention. Another Industry which promises promis-es ta become pror.table la this section sec-tion is that of fox and mink rais-in. rais-in. Thj American Fork mining district dis-trict la American Fork canyon hajs pvtducd mllllms in gold, ail-ver, ail-ver, lead and copper and Hoc ores. This mineral bearing area covers ten square miles in the "heart of the Wasatch," lying JujI across the ridge from the well known All district. Tfee Utah Slate Training School is Ihocated here. It comprise twelve building.- ha an enrollment tc date cf 727, and maintain a staff cf 74 employees, with a , payroll of JICO-J rer month. . The city tooiU cf one cf the test culinary water system la the stale. A new all cast-iron pipe rvstem wu installed througnou the entire city ten year ago at a cost of 20u.XJi There are two splendidly equip- p-e-i school, a high school with an enrollment cf e?7. and a grammar school accommodating- C23 children also a new Industrial Art build-Ins build-Ins and an LD. S. Semniary. - For relirlou worship there are four Latuc-day S'r,t ward chap-tls. chap-tls. a large stake tabernacle and a Presbyterian church. ' " lilsh StadanU A high musical standard U maintained in the community. The citizens are entertaining- with free weekly band concert during- the rammer months. In addition the musical talent la both nigh anc grade school Is given excellent training In rcnestia work. The city maintain a fire deport- mer.t of twelve men and less fcrtan a year tp purchased a new S 3,000 , fire truck. A cily park, weekly r.ewjpaper, community hospital, good mail service with both rural and city delivery are amorur the city assets. The free city library last year circulated over 12.00C books. ' . American Fork U the gateway to the beautiful scenic American Fork canynri and the well known TimpancROS Gave an i ML Timp-anoos. Timp-anoos. To th home seeker this City Is I leal. Well laid out street in-cloiinr in-cloiinr six mile of oil surface over 20 miles of paved sidewalks, 100 business concerns and professional profes-sional c frees, modern residence will Invite energetic people to Investigate In-vestigate what Amencan Fork and tn's section ha to offer. Committee Will IVork With Doyer SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. 23 (CD Aiming- for a program to unite all agricultural interests la Utah for the betterment of the Industry, a rpeclal committee on agriculture agricul-ture will work with newly-appointed state agriculture co-ordinator Selvoy J. Coyer. It was announced today. .'"- Dr. Elmer G. Peterson, president on the U. S. A. C, and chairman of the committee, sail the object was to strengthen all organizations PETnOLEUr.l CARD on The Wonder Fuel Burns Hotter Cleaner, Longer Ue It la any faraare or heat-lcg heat-lcg ftiore taking solid fueL Order a Supply Now! Call Your Local Coal Dealer Mayor 1 1 j ; DE VERE WOOTONT 37 PLEDGED TO DELTA PHI UNIT Pledging- of 27 returned missionaries mis-sionaries to the Brlgham .Young-university .Young-university chapter of Delta Phi, national fraternity, was announced an-nounced Tuesday by Oliver R-Smith, R-Smith, president. The winter quarter pledging1 brought the membership of the Y chapter to the highest point In It history, the president said. A record number of 43 pledge were inducted during- the autumn aut-umn term. The newly pledged student are: Ermel J. Morton, Marion K. Band'ey. George Blake, Raymond Green. Wood row Washburn, Pro-vo; Pro-vo; Dclbert Hales, Ralph Swal-berg Swal-berg and Clyde Beckatrom. Spanish Span-ish Fork; Wallace Wlghtman. George Franco m. Payson; Arthur Chapman. Hugh Nelson. Hcber; Grant Lindsey. Robert Price, I 'hoe nix, Ariz; Neldon Jones, Del-bert. Del-bert. Lott, DelU; Arthur W'at-klns. W'at-klns. Orem; Jack BraIl3ford, Cody. Wyo; Wllford Fischer, Sacramento, Sac-ramento, Cal; Bruce G. Barclay. B!3ckfoot, Idaho; Max Wilson, Leh." . - m Paul TL Nelson. Morgan; Shirt Morrill. Junction; W. Lynn Nor-ris. Nor-ris. Randolph; Albert Holyoak. Burley, Idaho; Ilalbert J. Keller. Manti; Ross Benson. Whitney, Idaho; Raymond Hawke,- Brum-mond, Brum-mond, Idaho; Don Loveland, Yost; Doyle Cranney. Aut'jrn, Wyo; Eidon Ricks. Huntington Park, Cal; Wilson Sorenson, Draper: John Dean. Evanston, "VV'wo- "Mwl niarlr A ntlmnnv h c-it Tjik ratv: c ni-, . rvrnnn - a it. Smellie Redd, Raymond, : Alta; Grant Baker, Magna. working for the betterment of agriculture ag-riculture throughout Uie state. The committee advised Coyer to contact heads of all agricultural agencies and have these separate units came contact committees to work with the' state ' cenral coordinating co-ordinating committee. SEE WHAT 128 HORSEPOWER CAN DO . . . In the Greatest Performing Eight of Them All Tor topflight performance, stitute for POWER! And eral hundred dollars more, in 'any other car, to match the power Hudson gives you in America's lowest priced straight eight! This is the Eight that John Cobb,' noted British sportsman, drove to a new class record for the stock car flying mile; the Eight that went on to beat anything any other car in its class had ever done, from one to 1000 miles. And it's the Eight which, in official economy tests, not only beat the -771) AMERICA'S WITH f ORE THAH ONE HORSEPOWER FOR EVERY INCH CF WHEELBASE PKOVO (UTAH) - DAILY HERALD, D.Y.U. Zoology Magazine Draw e any Comment . The second number of "The Great Basin Naturalist recent ly published by the department of zoology and entomology of Brig- ham . Young university, aroused widespread comment and praise according to Dr. Vasco M. Tanner, editor and professor of zoology and entomology at the B. Y. U. The magazine which publishes information on researches and experiments ex-periments pertaining to the western west-ern United States, is sent to all parts of the U. S. and to many fore gn countries, including England. Eng-land. Germany. China and France. Aricle IJxtod . Among the contest of the second number are the following articles: "A chapter on the Natural History of the Great Basin, 1800 to 1855," by Dr. Tanner; "Spongilla Fragilis Found in Utah Lake and Salem Pond"; "Dr. Pfout Contribute Butterflies; a short article on the life and work of Dr. Henry Clinton Clin-ton Fall; "A preliminary Histori cal Study of the s Ovary of the Kangaroo Rat, Dlpidomys Ordil Columbianus," by Kenneth L. Duke, of the department of Zoology Zool-ogy at Duke University, Durham, N. C.; "The Establishment - and Maintenance of Territories by the Yellow-Headed Blackbird In Utah," by Reed W. Foutin, graduate student, stu-dent, department of zoology at thf University of JDlino!. Urbana, IlL; "The Mexican Bean Beetle Taken at Provo. Utah"; "European Jour nals and the War"; and "Notes on the Distribution of NIghthawks la Utah," by. C. Lynn Hayward, assistant professor of zoology at B. Y. U. The article on "The Establishment and Maintenance ol Territories by the Yellow-Headed Blackbird in Utah," contain much original material which has not yet been published, and Is one ol the few articles) on territorial est ablishment of bird nests and feeding" feed-ing" grounds, according' to Dr. Tan ner, it is only recently mat sci entist have taken up 'the study of the distribution and territorial establishment of nesting grounds cf birds, according to Dr. Tanner The article, "A Chapter on the Natural History of the . Great Basin. 1S0O to 1855," contains much which will be of Interest to the layman, a It discusses everyth'ng' known about the xool ogy of the Great Basin up to the year 1855. Dr. Tanner gathered his material from many of the journals and diaries and - other writings of the early explorers and Settlers ofw the Great . Basin1 ln-J eluding Freemont s, stansbury s and Remyl and Brenchley'a observations obser-vations on the fauna and flora ol the basin. Mr. Duke In his article on "A Preliminary Historical Study ol the Ovary of the Kangaroo Rat." presents much , orignlal material gathered from .experiment ; concerning con-cerning one of the rats of the Great Basin area. "Notes on the Distribution of NIghthawks in Utah.", gives much Information ol Interest to bird lovers, according to Dr. Tanner.- SWASTIKA NOT. NEW The . swastika originally . was used some time ' before the 13th century. B. C by a country in Asia Minor. This sun symbol is variously named . "Fly-Foot-Cross," 'Sva8tika," and "Gamma-dlon." "Gamma-dlon." there's no sub- best ever done by it costs you sev but actually proved than most small sixes! It's a luxury car as well . . .with its extra roominess; the comfort of Airfoam Seat Cushions; the richness and beauty of genu- ine I lockanum Woolen upholstery. 'And in the new Eight De Luxe you will find smart new style touches everywhere, with equipment equip-ment and fittings that are lavishly complete. com-plete. Come in . . . see and DRIVE this light-footed leader of the motoring parade! AND HUDSON EIGHT De LUXE LOWEST PRICED AMftlCA J SAFEST CAR ) Most Popular U. P. Train This is one of the Union Pacific's most popular trains. The Challenger,, known throughout the country for ' economical transportation. trans-portation. Air-conditioned, delightfully decorated and offering registered curse-stewardess 'service to its patrons, It is on these trains that three delicious and whoesome "meals are served for less than one dollar a day.Uoio rific R.jiirj Pbot. - ' -' - . : Speech Tourney Schedules Fixed Complete - schedules ; for , the eleventh annual speech tourna ment and drama festival to be held on the Brlgham Young university campus, April 4, 5 and 6, were released re-leased by Dr. T. Earl Pardoe, head of the speech department. ' Opening Thursday evening "with one-act plays, the festival is slated In addition for two .full, days , of activities embracing every, type of speech work. Eleven separate event will be conducted for senior high schools in the intermountala area. Following are' the scheduled activities: ac-tivities: , , FRIDAY 9:00 a. m. Oratory,, class B. Orielnal speeches. Ten minute limit. 10 30 a. m. Oratory, class A. Original speeches. Ten minutes UmiL : " 10:30 a. m. Puppetry and Mar ionettes. Ten minute limit. 12 m. Luncheon. ' ' 1:30 p. m. General session for speech teachers. " 2:00 p. m. Choral speech. Twelve minutes for each school. ' 3:00 p. m. Dramatic readings, class B. Limit ten minutes. 4:00 p. m. Dramatic readings, class A. . Limit ten minutes. ; 4:30 - p. m. One-act plays. Forty minutes limit. : :30 p., m. Banquet. ;-' 8:30 p. m. One-act plays. SATURDAY 9:00 a. - m. Extemporaneous speaking," class B, 10t00 a. m. Extemporaneous speaking; class A. :' Current problems " taken from Time,' Reader's ' Digest ' and;Salt Lake papers for January, February, Febru-ary, March. Six-minute speeches. rouowea oy rour-minute speeches On subject selected by judge. . 9:00 a. m. Radio broadcasting. Limit, ten minutes. 9:00 a. m. Retold story, limit ten minutes. 10:00 a. m. One-act plays. 12 ra. Luncheon. ' 1:30 p. m. General session.' v 1:30 p. m. Pantomlne. Limit. ten minutes. j 3:00 p. m. Humorous readings. class B. Ten minutes limit. 4 :00 p. m. Humorous readings. ciass a. Ten minutes limit. 4:00 p. m, One-act plays. 5:30 p. m. Presentation of awards. - -.- - Debates on the question "Re solved : . that : the government snouid own and operate railroads ' are scheduled for six preliminary any other straight eight,. itself more economical 771V 77 STRAIGHT 0 HUDSON EIGHT PRICES START AT delivered in Detroit, including Federal Fed-eral taxes, not including state and local taxes, if any. Low time payment terms.. Prices subject to change without notice. Hmiim Alt rmMtn Nw tMm Six, Kwt AMdnf UMt rrkMl Car Ivf lt . . '. NW M Spr Ux . . . lUw Hw4m Cawtry Qw -WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28,' 1940 . rounds on Friday, and -the . championship cham-pionship flight on , Saturday. An open forum on the subject of selection se-lection by the group will be held in connection with the championship champion-ship flight. , Special arrangement have been made for the festival participants to attend the professional showing show-ing of "On Borrowed Time," Saturday Sat-urday evening. ; , Prom Tickets Going Rapidly Tickets' for the Junior prom Brlgham Young: university's formal for-mal dance deluxe, are selling rapidly rap-idly this ;' week, announces Xed Knaphus - .Richfield, chairman ' ol the ticket committee. The limited number of tickets are being sold by ail members of the Prom committees and the officers of the junior class. t Ihe event is slated for March 15, the . last day of the Spring quarter, when,v states Prom Chalr-hian Chalr-hian John ' Evans of Provo, those who! attend will ; be able to relax from final examination ' week " and really enjoy themselves. ; Students participating- in ticket sales include Ned Knapftus, Richfield; Rich-field; John Evans, Winston Dahl-quist, Dahl-quist, Marvin Smith and Carlyle Dahlquist, all of Provo; Charlotte Webb, . Mesa, 'Ariz.; ..Mary Deane Peterson. Salt Lake City; Vivian Keller, Manti; Sarah Mabey, Bountiful, Boun-tiful, Burton Todd,; Denver; and Kathryn Christensen, Richfield. BLACK DIAMONDS .Coal is of utmost importance to the drug and dyestuff industries. indus-tries. More than 900 dyes- are made from coal tar alone. Mauve Was the first of.th.ese ta he discovered, dis-covered, in 1856. : ... - : .,1 SPANISH: F MRS. El FIE DART ". " Reporter ' -v Mias Hannah Vicklund was pleasantly surprised Monday night when she was the honored . guest at a very well arranged party at the Third ward amusement hall by the members of the ward choir and , their partners. LaVere Anderson, An-derson, president, was in charge and a delightful program was given. A tribute of praise and esteem for the work of Miss Vicklund Vick-lund as director of the Third ward choir was given by N. O. Larsen. Mr. Anderson presented a beautiful gift to the guest of honor from the organization and she responded with . a few well chosen words of appreciation. A delicious lunch was served the fol- lowing ladies assisted on the various vari-ous committees: Mrs. Josephine Taylor, Mrs. Grace Beck, Mrs. Vera Bowen, 'Mrs. Eliza Nelson, Mrs. Maud Miller and Mrs. Iva Swanner.-There was. a large group In attendance. One - of the most , outstanding events of the past week was the entertainment given by the four federated clubs of Spanish . Fork Saturday evening in honor of the tioiden juDuee or eaeration 01 Women's clubs. The function was in the form of an illustrated lecture lec-ture given by Mr. and Mrs. La-Grande. La-Grande. Backman - of Salt Lake City, the subject, being .''Life in South Africa." : The speakers showed many : articles of interest from South Africa and told many interesting Incidents and personal experiences - during ; their . sojourn there, where Mr. Backman .was president for five years of . the L. D. S, mission. A - program was given as follows: String ensemble, Mrs. Blanche Nielsen and company; com-pany; vocal solo, Blaine Johnson; jungle adagio act by i the Provo Conservatory of Music, featuring Miss .Elaine Dixon. . Mrs. Edna Brockbank was chairman ? of the function which was attended : by 200 persons. Honoring Mrs. Jesse Wixom, the former Ruth Hall, daughter of Mr; and Mrs. Rolla Hall, her- aunt, Mrs. Fern - Brockbank and Mrs. Lenore Gull - were joint hostesses at a bride's shower Monday: evening eve-ning at the former's home. Games, a short program and refreshments were the diversions and there were 60 relatives, neighbors and friends present. Mrs. Lillian Carter entertained enter-tained with piano selections; Miss Cora Gardner f with r accordion music and Mrs. C. Lynn Hayward of Provo, read a three-act play. At 10:30 a tasty tray lunch was served which featured the patriotic pat-riotic motif - with tiny . silk . flags as favors. Among the guests' were relatives from Springville, Maple-ton, Maple-ton, Payson and Spanish Fork. The bride ; received many lovely gifts. . .Mr. and Mw, V Ted, . Jones of Holden, Utah,:' are - spending the Utah County's FINEST MORTUARY (Established 1870) " , 1 . '(- :'-.. j .. - ':' '."T"..- : :-: 'V-; i n mi '''.l.wi.ntiim - .... ; 1?" - , " j frst mortuary in Provo, and the oldest - in Utah County . '. . foremost in the number of families served over a period of more than .1 65 years . . . with the finest of facilities, the' cost of Berg service remains within the reach of all. Berg Mortuary It Likes 90'Mile Speed. IlllIM ' . -1 One of the Union Pacific's fleet of fifteen new powerful "820" class steam locomotives which are now largely used In conventional passenger train service, handling Challenger, Limited and Port-; land Rose trains. These new locomotives are capable of operating -continuously at a speed of 90 miles an hour. uio ruu taun pim. week visiting relatives here. ' Saturday Sat-urday and Sunday, they, were house guests' of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gull. Miss Ra James was pleasantly surprised by a group of fifteen of her girl friends Thursday, evening the occasion being her fifteenth birthday anniversary. A variety of games and dancing to piano music Were features of the evening. eve-ning. At 9:30 a delicious luncheon was served at small tables. Mrs. Iva Maland was sunrprised by a group of friends Friday evening eve-ning the occasion being her birthday birth-day anlnversary: The friends gathered gath-ered at the, Maland home where table games were played and at 10:30 a . delicious 8 luncheon was served. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Maland, those present included Bishop and Mrs, Li ; F. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Thomas Thom-as Mr. and Mrs. : William Christensen; Chris-tensen; Mr. and Mrs.; Manuel Clay-son. Clay-son. The group presented Mrs. Maland with a token of remembrance, remem-brance, E. A. Wignall who has been manager of Wignall's garage for the past several years and his family left during the past eek for Oxnard, California, wnere Mr. Wignall has accepted a position. Mrs. . Maggie Braithwaite was honored by a group of v friends Thursday afternoon ; when they gathered to observe: her birthday anlnversary. Cards and social con? versation were the main : diversion divers-ion of the afternoon. , Luncheon was served at the card tables, a patriotic; color;, scheme being . car-J ried out in the table appointments PAGE FIVE Spotted Fever Deaths Decrease CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 28 (U.E) Deaths from dreaded Rocky Mountain spotted fever have drop-ned drop-ned approximately 60 ' per cent,'' the ? Wyoming health ; department-announced department-announced here, but pointed out that 179 fatalities have been caused caus-ed by the malady during the past . 12 years. -a.: .... Dr. M. C. Keith, state health officer, said the increased use of vaccine "probably was responsible for the . downward trend . in the, death rate." The fever, carried by , mountain ticks, earlier had baffled doctors until its source and a preventative pre-ventative had been determined. Keith said that in 1933 the average aver-age was 29.7 deaths for every 100 cases reported. In 1939, four years later, modern medicine - has narrowed nar-rowed that margin to 12.7 fatalities fatali-ties in each 100 cases, he announced. an-nounced. ; The Wyoming health officer asserted as-serted that to further reduce the death rate it is suggested that doctors in areas of high incidence ' and high fatality rates - Increase the use of the vaccine on residents and visitors to these places." . During 1939, the state health department sent out 36,304 cubic centimeters of the vaccine to coun-ty coun-ty health officers for distribution ' in the fight agains the fever. and decorations. . There v were SO present. ...The t hostess- -reeelved many lovely gifts. 3 U4mn. Uxwy Swti u th Tw 185 East Center Street ' Provo, Utah Phone 378 BROOKS JESS JI0T0R CO. S31 WEST CENTER PROVO, UTAH ' , .' : '" : ' y |