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Show OREM-GENEVA TIMES What Mount A' Lake Ass'n Proposes For Present and Future Answering prospective members of Mount A' Lake who want to know something definite about both its immediate program and its long range objectives, the following outline is submitted as a partiaj answer to the questions asked: The Immediate Program 1. To act as the purchasing agent for its members in the following fields : Gasoline, oils, greases, auto accessories. These purchases will be distributed through conveniently located lo-cated service stations. Station No. 1 is now in operation opposite Scera Theater in Orem. Others will be opened as the demand and the need shall justify. Bulk storage plant for gasoline and fuel oil is now being established at the Fischer garage site in Orem. This plant will have a capacity of over 30,000 gallons. Tank wagon service will deliver to members throughout the area who have their own storage tanks. This will begin early in March. Small portable farm storage tanks with pumps, up to 265 gallon capacity on skids are now available for members for immediate delivery. They are priced right and there is the prospect of a healthy saving refund through wholesale buying. Tires, batteries, and miscellaneous items too numerous num-erous to mention, and complete car service are now available at the No. 1 service station in Orem. 2. Garage And Mechanics Shop Garage and machine shop to service autos, trucks, , appliances and farm machinery. This department will be in operation immediately at the Fischer garage Orem. It will expand just as soon as building materials are available for additional rooms, in fact a new garage, fully equipped, is being planned to house this business which is expected to require the service of from 5 to 10 first cla3s mechanics. This is all planned for the immediate future. 3. Miscellaneous Farm Supplies The store building on the Fischer property will be open for business. on March 1st, or soon thereafter. In tjiis building the association' will distribute all kinds of farm hardware, tools, seeds, fertilizers, sprays, fencing, etc Some supplies will be on hand at the opening--many more as soon as available. Famous Porter-Walton seeds will be in stock. 4. Farm Machinery, Trucks, Tractors, Etc All kinds will be purchased for members as soon as available. We are now taking orders for fruit graders, de luzzers, washers, etc. 5. Electrical Appliances, Etc. A full line of Co-op appliances will be carried as soon as available. These are the best that money can buy. Hot water heaters and milking machines are now in stock. Ranges, washers, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners clean-ers and lroners are beginning to come through and but for strikes a small supply would have been on hand now. We are now taking orders for appliances for future delivery. 6. Lumber, Cement, Etc. We expect to carry a full line of building materials as soon as they are available. We can get cement now. Two carloads of lumber have been ordered and should be rolling in any day now. (YeMbey are already sold.) Aluminum roofing should be available soon now that the C. I. O. strike is about settled. NOTE: (This subject will be continued next week in these columns. Lack of space forbids more now.) Annual Meeting And Social Events Set For March 11th Monday, Mar. 11th is the date definitely set for the annual meeting of Mount A' Lake members for the purpose pur-pose of electing a board of directors to serve for the ensuing en-suing year and to hear reports of progress of the associations asso-ciations up to date. The big barbecue, dance and picture show will be held the same evening. These latter events are based on the membership enrollment being S00 by midnight of March 9th. Inability to get an orchestra, and an open evening for the picture show at Scera earlier made it necessary to extend the dates. Mount A' Lake Officials Return Return of John B. Stratton, President of Mount A Lake, C. Maston Wentz and Charles H. Poulson direct ors of the Association, from their trip to the Co-operative Center in Kansas City was the sign for renewed activity ac-tivity in Mount A' Lake Association and its drive for sew members. These gentlemen report a very successful success-ful trip. Arrangements were made for supplies for future use when production is increased to its pre-war status. sta-tus. Also these gentlemen learned much about how Cooperatives Co-operatives operate in the Kansas area. . An Interesting feature of the trip was the visit to the giant co-operative processing plant for gasoline, oils and greases, owned) by the Consumer Co-operative , Association of Kansas City. Here they saw and had pvnlained tn tTipm Mia vnrinna efono ffA twiaseim .' of crude oil taken from co-operative wells into Its various vari-ous products. This plant is one of the finest in the nation na-tion and definitely puts the Co-operatives in the position to maintain itself in competition with the giant oil com- ; panies of the nation. In fact, the national Association is now on good terms and trade relations with the large oil companies of the nation. The oils and greases are processed to meet consumer needs and are of the finest products produced anywhere. Mount A' Lake gets its lubricating oil and greases from this plant. Mount A' Lake officials were very well received and shown every courtesy. They came home better informed inform-ed on Co-operatives and more enthusiastic than ever of the possibilities of Mount A' Lake, Competition. Keen For Radio Prize The competition for the radio prize offered by the Utah Wholesale Co-Operative of a plastic table radio is increasing in intensity. There is yet time for any member with a few days of time on his hands to get into this contest and win this radio. The field is ripe for memberships, so members should get busy. Enthusiastic Meeting at Payson Inthusiastic is a mild word to characterize the meeting of co-operatives over at Payson the other evening. even-ing. This meeting was held by a group of farmer from the Payson area interested in Mount A' Lake. J. Morris Bird, Manager, John B. Stratton, President, A. V. Watkins, board member, were present at the invitation invita-tion of the group. Seven new members for Mount A' Lake were enrolled during the evening with a promise of many more as soon as application blanks can be sent to them. New members in southwest Provo are coming rapidly and the movement in American Fork is still under full swing. Three hundred members is a large number to get in such a short time, but it looks like John Stratton will be required to furnish the beef at the present rate of progress. He insists his terms of 300 members at the end of the drive must be met so members should govern themselves accordingly. Build vs. Drain have Wouldn't this be a dull world if we didn't some humorous things happen occasionally 1 We are prompted to make this remark by the recent advertisement of one of our competitors, the XYZ service ser-vice station who has apparently run across the trail of one of our over zealous members in a membership canvas. can-vas. Said our friend after remarking that someone was "misrepresenting" the truth while trying to obtain ob-tain new members. "First let it be known that we have no intention inten-tion of becoming affiliated with any such movement." move-ment." Do you catch the humor of that? The over enthusiastic enthus-iastic solicitor must have been expecting the millennium to happen. XYZ join us 1 That's the laugh of the season. Somebody must nave been spoofing, XYZ. "Second That our business is in no way bene fitted by same." What a wise conclusion! We should agree, so what? Also get this: - "ThirdLet it be known that. XYZ. Gasoline' and other products are manufactured under XYZ specifications and technical supervision and that it is impossible for any company, association or organization organ-ization to procure XYZ products for resale without displaying XYZ signs in colors, and being an authorized auth-orized dealer." Shades of the oil trust! Who wouid want to procure pro-cure XYZ products and by doing so pay tribute to the XYZ owners in Holland, Great Britain and Wall Street, when a large part of the XYZ gasoline is processed in the same plant in Utah according to the same specifications, speci-fications, and runs out of the same spout into tanker trucks, as our own Co-op gasoline? The only difference is that XYZ gasoline has some yellow, or other coloring, dropped into it, whereas Co-op gas is kept clean. If any one doubts these statements we can specify the where and the how of it. "A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet," etc. And as to "other products," why buy XYZ oils and greases when our own National Co-operative in which we own an interest, from its own well and refineries, re-fineries, processes oils and greases according to the standard set by consumers like ourselves who know what they want? Surely there can be no purpose in putting put-ting out a product to "sting" ourselves, the owners, the consumers. But that is only part of. the story. Every cent above the actual cost of preparing the Co-op product comes back to the consumer members of Mount A' Lake and other Co-ops spread over the U. S.; On the other haud local XYZ service stations get a part of the XYZ profits but only a small part, the rest, the big profit, goes out of Utah never to return, to the absentee distributors of XYZ products. By the "co-op" way all the savings (profits to the public generally) come back to the State, to the consumers, consum-ers, they uild" Utah. By the "XYZ" way all the profits, except a smjtll portion, go out, they "drain" Utah. This is not only true of the XYZ Company, but also of all out of state companies com-panies operating on the same basis. So it's "build" vs. "drain." Naturally we prefer to "build". Utah to keep savings, sav-ings, (profits), at home, and by doing so we can have a more prosperous community. Since we cannot do all the business, our XYZ friend will get part of the general prosperity so after all the "over zealous" member may not have been so wrong. In conclusion may we, thank our neighbor for his thoughtf ulness in providing an "occasion" for our little sermon on "Build vs. Drain." Five Dollars Reward We read the above sermonette to a friend. He liked it He thinks there are many more ways that the idea may be worked out or applied. So he made this offer: For the best essay or article on "Build vs Drain," he will give a prize of $5.00. It must be original and written by a resident of Utah County and contain 600 words or less. The article must be of a constructive nature. na-ture. All entries must be in the hands of Mount A' Lake Association not later than next April 1st ' ' The board of directors of Mount A Lake will be the - judges (naturally they will tot be allowed to compete). So get the pencil busy. Send in your entries to Mount A' Lake before April 1, 1946. The rvpp til As a Light Tractor Saves time, work and money around, the clock, around the year, around the world The 4-in-l Universal "Jeep" as a light tractor does its work both effectively and economically. It has been adapted for use in pulling and operating farm equipment Its power take-off shaft is designed to tractor standards, has 1 3-8 diameter splines and rotates at variable speeds. A pulley-drive may be mounted over the power take-off shaft, furnishing up to 30 horsepower at a belt speed of 3,100 feet per minute. The rugged frame of the Universal Jeep has been designed to meet the standard drawbar pull requirements for a light tractor. The engine, clutch, transmission and transfer case have been set in rubber mountings to check the transmission of vibration to accessories and the body of the Jeep. The Uinversal Jeep has selective four-wheel drive. It may be driven by the rear wheels only or by both front and rear wheels. Selection is made ia the transfer case at the will of the driver. The transfer case also provides a high and low gear ratio but the low gear ratio can be used in four-wheel drive only. This feature protects the rear axle from overload and compels the operator to go into four-wheel drive when a heavy pull is required. Mounted behind the transfer case is the highly efficient emergency brake The Universal Jeep has been tested and proved in the operation of a wide j range of farm equipments, including "j the following: manure spreaders; 16-inch 16-inch single bottom plows and 12-inch two bottom plows; single disc plows; double tandem disc harrows; two-row corn planters; seeders; five-row rotary . . hoes; corn binders; silo fillers with cutter; ensilage harvesters; side delivery de-livery rakes and numerous other implements. Oireinni Motor : ' " Coo DEALERS 12th North and State Highway Phone 055-J4 OREM |