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Show ten - wwot mtm ' J'S r? ;--if ',11 1 INDUSTRY 4 re tlOCATlOti H(..viM.v.-S 1 i Precedent Expected In Orem Sunday Closing Court Case The test trial of Orem's new which has attracted state-wide attention, recessed Tuesday night to allow time for both the defense and prosecution to present further evidence. Believed to be the first such pality, the matter was transferred to the Provo city court after the defendants, Ray S. and Richard D. Park, grocery store proprietors, pro-prietors, asked for a change of venue from the Orem precinct court because of Dossible prejudice they might encounter in Orem. A. Sherman Christensen, mem- ber of the defense Council, attacked at-tacked the Orem law in the Provo Pro-vo city court as being illegal, discriminatory, and without basis bas-is of reason or justification as the significant test case opened on the disputed ordinance- Orem City Attorney Vern Wentz in his rebuttal Tuesday afternoon submitted that the law was in fact not a Sunday closing law inasmuch as it does not le-gistlate le-gistlate against specific businesses, busi-nesses, but against certain commodities. com-modities. In the opening phases of the hearing attorneys for both sides stipulated that items named in the complaint were sold by the two men. The defense declared it would attempt to prove Orem city had no legal right to legislate legis-late concerning sale of specific items. Mr. Christensen contended the closing ordinance is discriminatory, discrimina-tory, since it arbitrarily bans sale of some items and allows sale of others. Selection of these items has no relationship to the welfare, safety, or health of the people. "In what way is it ini mical to the welfare and safety of the people of a community to "fi sell a pound of butter ,or canned goods?" he asked. Mr. Wentz declared it is nces-sary nces-sary to consider the different types of closing ordinances in considering a case of this kind. He pointed out some closing ordinances or-dinances which .forbid certain types of businesses to remain open on Sunday. Whatever the outcome ot the trial both sides have declared their intention to carry the fight through to lhe supreme court for final ruling, regardless of how the decision goes in the lower courts. TELEPHONE GUT-OVER TODAY GIVES eriM L0C.i SEiivlGE installation of Orem's new four-position switchboard was completed at 7:30 today by the Mountain Stales Telephone and Telegraph Company, according to J. L. Bickmore, Trovo district dist-rict manager . Mr- Bickmore stated that approximately ap-proximately 600 telephones, located lo-cated generally between the northern limits of Orem City and 10th South street, are being be-ing served from the new office. The $50,000 project was developed devel-oped to improve service in Orem Or-em and to relieve congestion in handling calls in the Provo office. of-fice. It wil also enable the telephone tel-ephone company to improve service ser-vice for people in the Orem area by reducing the number of customers cus-tomers per line through extensive extens-ive outside cable installations- ' There is no change, from the subscriber's standpoint, in the method of placing calls, Bickmore Bick-more said. Local calls to telephones tele-phones connected to either the Orern or Provo switchboards are given to the operator in the usual us-ual way. Customers are to continue con-tinue to ask for "long distance" in placing calls to other towns, except Provo. Mrs. Elma Hall, former chief operator at Green River, Utah, has been appointed chief operator. A business office, with Miss Fern Fisher in charge as busi ness oitice representative ior the company, was also opened today for the transaction of business busi-ness Since rural telephone numbers for Orem subscribers have been changed, a new directory di-rectory showing die changes was distributed in Provo and Orem in time for use following the cut-over. Customers are requested re-quested to use this directory. Victor Lee, district Iraffic superintendent su-perintendent and Arthur Brown, district plant superintendent of the telephone company, as well as Mr- Bickmore, have participated partici-pated in the establishment of the new Orem office, and will supervise its activities. Volume 'Sunday closing ordinance' test case brought by a munici Inasmuch as Orem s ana Pro- vo's Sunday ccloslng laws are! basically the same as are other city ordinances, the outcome of the Orem case is expected to be felt throughout the state. i , Don Innes, president of the Provo Retail Grocers, declared this week that grocery stores that have remained closed on Sunday fo? 10 years will be forced for-ced to open if neighboring institutions in-stitutions choose to do so and win the legal right to accomplish accomp-lish it- Should Orem city lost its case the Sunday opening of grocery stores might possibly spread throughout the state, said Innes. Teachers Prepare For School Opening Students in the Alpine school district will start school this year on September 8, but for the principals and teachers activities begin on September 2. The faculty of the Spencer school will meet at the school Tuesday morning, September 2, according to principal Fenton Prince and will spend the day making preparations for the school year On Wednesday, September 3 beginning at 10 a-ill. a-ill. general institute meetings for the teachers in Alpine district will be held at the American Fork high school. On September 4, the meetings will continu at the Lehi high school. All the faculties of the district will meet Friday morning, September 5, for a trip through the Geneva steel plant. After a luncheon at the Spencer school they will go to Canyon Glen for an afternoon of recreation before they greet their students on Monday morning. morn-ing. Former Floridans Now Boost Orem, Timp "r.d Climate The Florida Chamber of Commerce Com-merce won't like this, but you can chalk up another score for Orem's climate. Mr. and Mrs. Vic Durham, for mcr residents of Tallahassee, Florida, think Orem's climate is 'deal even cftcr years of residence resi-dence down where the palms wave, the oranges grow and bathing beauties line the beaches. beach-es. The Durhams used to run a service station in Florida and came to Utah during tne wa years to work at the Geneva steel mi!L They Jiked the weather weath-er and the people so well they decided to stay and siablish residence resi-dence here. Open for public inspection last Sunday and open now for tourist patrons is the Chief Tim-panogos Tim-panogos Motel, across from Sce-ra, Sce-ra, which the Durhams have built the past eight months. Now they're boosters for Orem and Utah like they never were for Florida. The new motel has eight deluxe de-luxe units equipped with air foam mattresses and radios and is beautifully landscaped. The Durhams, perhaps jnore than the Orem natives, are impressed im-pressed with the beauty of Mt. Timpanogos, and they like the old mountain so well that they named the motel for it. In addition ad-dition they have published a small brochure of E. L. Roberts' "The Legend A Timpanogos," which is given away free to all patrons of the motel. Gary and Merrill Palmer left Saturday for Blanding, Utah, where they will visit with their grandmother, Mrs. Rebecca Palmer. 15, Number 32 ( c These Lincoln high FFA mtmbera at regional champions In flock and crop Judging and will reprint region three ico conieii work next iik at the Utah State Fair. The group lncluds. left to right. Dale Harding. Von Clegg and Don Allen, stock judging team: and LaVar Madsen. Donald Hales and LaMar KaUis, crop THIRTY-TWO FFA BOYS PREPARE EXHIBITS FOR STATE FAIR ir,,f,,, iv., Am. Poultry exhibits will be ent- erica, approximately 32 of them,! ered by Boyd Iyie, Dean Lar--.: ..nun tii. v,irf son. Richard Morren, Rulon try, livestock and crops in the Utah state fair in competition witti boys from every section of the state next week at Salt Lake City. The judging is set for Wednesday Wed-nesday through Saturday. Meanwhile six Lincoln high school students, region inree winners in stock and crop judging judg-ing competition will judge a-gainst a-gainst other FFA regional winners win-ners in contest work next Wednesday. Wed-nesday. The local champs include Dale Harding, Von Clegg and Don Allen in the cattle judging division; divi-sion; with LaVar Madsen, Donald Don-ald Hales and LaMar Kallis. crops. The six have been work ing out during the past several weeks with Lincoln high As Ad visor Raymond Wendell in pre paration ior me contest work. The local boys will have their animals and crop exhibits ready tor entry at 12 noon on Mon day at the Lincoln high agri- mg. Those entering crop exhibits include Don Ford, Wes Pyne, Charles Adams, David Jensen' Von Clegg, Donald Reese, jL.es-lie jL.es-lie Boothe, Darrel Hackey, Preston Pres-ton Madson, Glen Gray, Boyd Ivie, Morris Ercanbrack, D. . Larson, Rex Olsen, Leo Holda-way, Holda-way, Dale Harding, Keith Gibson, Gib-son, Lewis Cappmayer, Ray Carter, Richard Norren, Keith Nocals, Sammy Kogianes and Loyd Sundquist. I Entering dairy cattle anrl swine will be Wes Pyne, Laval Pitts, David Jensen, Von Clegg Rex Olsen, Burnell Cordner! and Sammy Kogianes. Flower Show Opens At Scera The choicest of flowers from Orem gardens as well as from several florists are on display at the Scera Thuatre during the flower show spon-.nred spon-.nred by the Orem Garden Club today, Friday and Saturday. Satur-day. Five judges awarded prizes pri-zes to the winners in each di-evening di-evening from 7 p.m. ViblOIi. The show will be open ta the public Friday afternoon from 2 to 5- Theatre patrons may see the flower show each Breeding Service Offered for Local Dairy Herds Artificial insemination breed- ing service for Utah county dairy dai-ry cattle has been announced by the .animal husbandry department depart-ment of Brigham Young university, univer-sity, according to Prof. Grant S-Richards, S-Richards, department head. Beginning this week the school will begin the service for dairymen dairy-men and farmrs of the county and vicinity. The sires are bulls of the BYU holstein herd, all blue-ribbon winners in ill the local shows during the past several sev-eral years and second place winners win-ners in the Pacific International Dairy exposition at Portland, last year. In cUarge of the service is Ashley Graham. nominal charge for the service will be asked by the university. Wide use of the service will improve the blood of the area's dairy herds and will be cheaper than maintaining a bull for breeding purposes, according to Mr. Graham. The service will also stop the spread of cattle disease dis-ease . culture room and L X S P- Charles H. Davies offered nW s CI tt lS Cit, S'the benediction. Rex Griffiths have thm in place for S?lud?f dedicated the grave in the Pro- HOME OF GhljUSTEVA STEEL V uaging. jua8nB - --- Johnson and Loyd Sundquist. rUNEHAL SERVICES FOR MILTON DAVIS HELD TUESDAY Funeral services for Milton (Josh) Davis, 49, were conducted Tuesday afternoon in the Grand-view Grand-view ward chapel. Mr. Davis died early Saturday morning In a Salt Lake hospital- Bishop Dean Buckner con- ducted the services. Walter P. Whitehead and Mark E. Kartch-ner Kartch-ner were the speakers, and Bishop Bish-op Buckner made a few remarks. re-marks. Invocation was offered bv . Clvde Lunceford- Musical numbers were given by Zola Quist, Mr- Webb, Rueben Pyne, Miss Jones and Mrs. Doyle Dast- vo cilv cemetery. Graveside ser vices were under the direction of American Legion Post 13, j with Jess Stott in charge. Mr. Davis was born in Provo, August 26, 1897, the son of Dcn-! nis J. and Ada Draper Davis-He Davis-He lived most of his life near Provo and Orem. He served with the medical corps in VarM War II. He was a member of the LDS church and was an Elder at the time of his death. He leaves two sons, Dae and Richard; one daughter, Shirley Anne; three brothers, Ara Davis of Lakcview, Rual Davis of Provo Pro-vo and Ray Davis, Orem; and two sisters, Mrs. MirtesWceler and Mrs. R. O. Benedict of Helper. Help-er. Study Continues Re: State Tax On Geneva Sale Examination of papers and records re-cords inlVashingion, D. C, dealing deal-ing with the $47,000,000 purchase purch-ase by -U. S. Steel Co. of Geneva steel plant in order to determine determ-ine if and what portion of this am ount is subject to 20 percent state sales tax was being considered con-sidered Monday by the state tax commission ana tne attorney general's olfice. The announcement was made bv Grant A. Brown, tax com mission chairman, alter a meet ing w ith Atry. Gen. Grover A-Giles. A-Giles. The question of sales tax liability lia-bility of Geneva purchase was raised last year and answers have been held up pending tne submission of a brief from Geneva Gen-eva Steel Co. attorneys explaining explain-ing their views. The brief maintains that among the major reasons' the sale does not fall under Utah's sales tax provisions are: (1) The purchase was not of personal tangible property; (2) War assets admin, istration is not a "retailer" as defined in Utah's sales tax laws, and (3) The sale falls under ex emptions granted to "occasional" "occasion-al" sales. Mr. Brbwn said that until all records pertaining to negotiations negotia-tions for and sale of the steel property could be examined no determination could be macte as to the percentage of the purchase purch-ase price, if any, paid for tangible tang-ible personal property upon which the state must charge a sales tax- The records are all in Washington, lie said. If half of the property were taxable, Geneva steel would be liable for $940,000, he pointed out. Thursday, August 14 X Don Ashton Wins Seventh in State Chicken Contest Donovan Ashton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ashton and member of the Lincoln high school FFA, won seventh place in a field of 135 selected contestants con-testants at the Chicken of Tomorrow To-morrow contest held last week at the Newhouse Hotel in Salt Lake City. The seventh place prize was $20. Ashton won the honors thru his care and feeding of the 102 Plymouth Rock chicks which were sold to him in April of this year. He entered the 15 choicest of the 100 which were raised to maturity. The 15 weighed a total of 44 pounds, and they were sold at auc- tion for 51 cents per pound. During the 14 weeks which he fed the chicks Ashton fed them wet mash in the morning, at i noon and scratch feed consist- ling of wheat and corn in the evening. , ne cnicnens were juagea on the bads of their weight per Found of feed given them and, Jipon -the number of chickens! lost during the contest period. WATKIKS NAMED !KBGF WESTERs! IWm FRCBE Orem's Senator Arthur V. Watkins this "week was named chairman of a congressional subcommittee sub-committee that will make investigation invest-igation of ' western economic conditions some time in the fall, according to Mitchell, M. Carter, Car-ter, tne senator s secretary. Mr. Watkins' appintment was confirmed in a letter from Sen ator Robert A. Tafts who is chairman of the joint congressional congres-sional committee on the Economic Econ-omic Report, Carter said. The 'joint committee was created cre-ated by the 1Va congress for tiie purpose of studying the na tion's economic problems and to' make recommendations to the, president and the administration for legislation that is considered consider-ed essential for the nation's economic ec-onomic well being ,the senator's secretary said. Hearings by the subcommittee may be conducted in SaltXake, Denver or a Pacific coast city. Hearing dates prtbably will be in October following the senator's sena-tor's return from Alaska. " The Morris Bird family are back in their home in Christtvle Acres?. Statewide Centennial Events Current: Until Aug. 31. Nationally Na-tionally famous "Water Follies Fol-lies of 47." at Exposition Grounds. Aug. 17: LDS Choir in "The Elijah," S. L. Tabernacle. Aug. 18: Attempt on all Auto Speed Records up to 24 hours by Ab Jenkins, Bonneville Salt Flats, Tooele County. Aug. 20-23: Davis County Days at Kaysville. Aug. 21-23- Centennial Cele-bratiori Cele-bratiori at Deseret and Delta- Auc;. 21-23: Box Elder County l air at Tremonton. Aug. 23: Professional football game, Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Chjcago Rockeis, Ule Stadium. ,1947 OREM TAX LEVY SET AT 19 IMS Because of the new fire de partment being instituted in Orem Or-em the city's 1947 tax levy was set at 19 mills, an increase of lMi mills, at a special meeting of the city council Monday night according to Mayor J. W. Gill-man. Gill-man. Last year's levy was 17.5. The boost will not fully pay for the fire department this year, Mayor Gilhnan stated. The mill levy for Orem was broken down as follows: Contin gent expenses 3.40; waterworks 1:00; streets and . sidewalks, 5 00; city halls or memorials, 1.20, judgments, Interest and sinking fund, 2.50; parks, 1.60, and public safety, 4.30. While most local taxing units are making but little change in setting vtheir 1947 property taxi levies, the overall levy for taxpayers tax-payers in Utah county will be several mills higher this year than in 1946 due chiefly to me scribed the street as having al-increased al-increased cost of the state school most as much traffic at 4th pr?ra' . . 'North. ine levy ior me urem metro- politan water district was also set Monday night at 1 mill. County Treasurer Maurice Ti4 criiA '' urAnlr tkni ers wiU begin rece vlng their . wm Detin receiving meir tax notices about Oct. I He appealed ap-pealed for aid in securing correct cor-rect addresses of tax payers. thus eliminating a great deal of confusion "and delay. Anyone with property involving a transfer trans-fer of title within the past year is urged to send Mr. Bird the correct address by either calling call-ing in person at his office in the city and county building, dropping drop-ping him a letter or postcard, oi telephoning. Sharp Eye Eyes of some eagles and hawks have eight times the visual acuity ot normal human eyes. Timpanojls Bowl to Open " Q I A f Will. OCpi. 4"0 11111 A rodeo and a cavalcade of riding clubs of the state are scheduled to be featured events at the three-day opening of the newly completed Timpanogos Bowl, Fcrron C. Losee, business manager of the bowl announced this week. September 4, 5 and 6 have been set as the opening days, with a short formal ceremor-y on the evening of Sept- 4 immediately imme-diately before the evening's entertainment en-tertainment gets underway. Dean Park, Orem sportsman and builder of the huge bowl, announced an-nounced that approximately 20,-000 20,-000 seats have been installed in the bowl and will be available for the opening show. More will be added later if the ci owds warrant war-rant the addition. Much interest has been expressed ex-pressed in the mammoth excavn tion since it was first started several se-veral months ago and its opening open-ing is expected to draw crowds from all over lhe state. In addition to its ideal loca tion the bowl has several unique qualities to commend it; its size mi'kes every seat now installed as good as any other, a powerful and complete lighting system ha beon installed together with a wound system, although the natural acoustics in Ike bowl are almost perfect . Everything is in readiness for the September opening, Mr. Los-see Los-see announced. The rodeo chutes are all installed and ready to handle Marion McBride's rodeo GALAXY OF fiOTAELES WILL SFEAK AT AFL CONVEHTIOrl 111 PnOVO NEXT WEEK Gov.. Herbert B. Maw, Senator Senat-or Abe Murdock, Elder Matthew Matth-ew Cowley of the council of apostles ap-ostles of the LDS church, and Eldred Royle, chairman of the state industrial commission will be main speakers next week, when annroximately 300 dele gates of the American F-dera-tion of Labor of Utah will gather gath-er at Provo for their 43rd annual an-nual convention. The convention will open, at 10 a.m. Monday at the Lab r Temple with Harold Dodge, president pre-sident of the Utah County Central Cent-ral Labor Council welcoming delegates- The speech of Abe Murdock will be watched closely both here and throughout the nation, as it will be the first publiq, appearance ap-pearance of Murdock since he was named a member of the National Na-tional Labor Relations Board by President Truman. Presiding at the general sessions ses-sions will be Fullmer II Latter, president of the state federation. It was revealed Wednesday ; AGRICULTURE PRICE FIVE- CENTS City Council As!ss Improvement ProjoDi For Lincoln Slrasl Orem City councilmen on Wednesday voted to call for bids on approximately five blocks of sidewalk on the north side of East First North street and passed by resolution a request to the state road commission that immediate action be taken to widen Fourth South street (the Lincoln li::gclii street vi:ei;i::g sousiit "It is one of the most dangerous dang-erous streets in Orem," said Leonard Leo-nard Beckman. city engineer, in discussing the state highway running west of Lincoln high school this week. lWnrchnl Rrntt Wilklns ha Hf- "Property owners along the highway have expressed a willingness wil-lingness to pay the cost of put ting a sidewalk along the thor- ughfare, according to Mayor T w niUmon 'cnmt.nt hoc J. W. Gillman. "Sentiment has for some time favored the wid ening of the street, also." Inasmuch as this road is the only one in this area for which secondary federal aid lunds have been authorized, the Orem city council has passed a resolution resolu-tion to request the State Road commission to widen the road at at least 4 rods" said the mayor. "New buildings, including a new subdivision and . the new Vineyard chapel are planned a-long a-long the highway and it would be much better if the street were widened before construction construc-tion of a sidewalk was undertaken," underta-ken," Mayor Gillman stated. Inrco CIlnir IlOrSC iJllOW stock with which some of the top riders of the rodeo circuit will try their luck. Featured attraction of the three-day opening will be the cavaleade in which all of the riding ri-ding clubs in the state have been inviied to comp e for the trophy which will be emplemat-ic emplemat-ic of the Utah State riding championship - Judging of the riding clubs will be based on horsemanship, showmanship, and originality of formations. Arrangements are being Tentatively Tent-atively made for the Utah Slate Centennial Queen Calleen Robinson Rob-inson to head a parade of rjueens from every city and county in the state. Six rodeo events will be presented pre-sented each eve.iin of the opening open-ing with several top specialty acts included on the program. The problem of supplying water to Hie Timnanogo Bowl rvuo SU1VCU una WtL'Ik wiieii iJvr- mission was granted to use spring water now ui me .ucer Creek aqueduct for sprinkling i and culinary purposes. that the delegates are expected to adopt resolution opposing the Taft-Hartley bill which was pas sed over President Truman's ve to by congress at it3 recent session. ses-sion. The Clegg-Vest bill which was passed by the Utah state legisla ture is also expected to be opposed op-posed formally. Major topics of discussion at general sessions are expected to be on means of organizing additional addi-tional workers, particularly the white collar worker, in wage increases, and in tightening up on use of only such goods as bear the union label. CONGRATULATIONS At the Utah Valley hospital this week: A boy born to Shirley and Bernard E- Todd. A boy, born to Ramona and Harold J. Nelson . A girl, born to Ruby and Or-en Or-en L. Moore. A boy, born to Clara and Clif- ton M. Pyne. High School road) from Edge- mont to Vineyard. In other action the group vot ed to borrow $10,000 on tax anticipation an-ticipation notes ,to cover the building costs of the fire station and agreed to give a 80-year franchise to the Mountain fuel Supply company to construct natural gas lines and a distribution distribu-tion system in Orem. Construction of the sidewalk on First North street will flank city-owned property and will serve the homes on the street and those nearing completion there. Work is expected to get under way within the next six weeks- , In seeking improvements on Fourth South street the council pointed out in a letter to Ray Leavitt chairman of the state road commission, that until the road is widened the city can make no sidewalk or curb and gutter improvements. They de clared that the road carries, not only heavy school traffic but heavy Geneva Steel work traffic traf-fic each day. New homes and subdivisions in the area make the project an emergency one, they pointed out. It was also shown that the road was the on ly one recommended for improvement im-provement under Secondary Federal Fe-deral aid by the former county commission and that the state road commission had accented the recommendation pending appropriation of funds . Widening of the road wil. provide pro-vide a badly-needed cross-county highway from the Edgemont area through CarlerviUe and Pover the bench to the Geneva Steel plant. It was announced by Mayor J. W. Gillman that arrangements had been completed ior providing provid-ing water for the Timpanogos Bowl. Permission was granted for spring water which is seeping seep-ing into the Deer Creek-Salt Lake aqueduct to be t;'ken for use by Dean Park at the bowl. The council also instructed its atjorney to tell B. K. Dird to remove his barn to comply with city zoning ordinance. The barn is situated near 16th North street and near the trailer park of W. K. Todd. The city council stated its intention to work through the board of hcalMi in obtaining compliance with the law. Agenda Set For Chamber Meeting Monday Discussion of Orem's report-, ed water crisis as projected by City Councilmen J. G- Stratton will be discussed next Monday at the regular meeting of the Orem chamber of commerce, according ac-cording to Harry Butler, chamber cham-ber manager. The meeting is set for 12:30 p.m. at Twin Pines Ca- j f i other questions up for dis cussion are hi'h school building, city manager type of government and a report on the chamber membership drive. NEW OFFICERS HEAD VERMONT RELIEF SOCIETY : The new offcers and teachers of ihe Vermont ward Reliel Society So-ciety were announced by Bishop Arch Fulham last Sunday. Mrs. Zina Selman replaces Mrs. Ver-ena Ver-ena Holt as president. She will be assisted by Eliza Anderson. first counselor; Minnie Gordon, second counselor; Marearet Ca- mmel, secretary; Nana Lee Stratton, Strat-ton, chorister; Melba Calder, organist; or-ganist; Nina Stratton, teachers topic; Blanche Christensen. the. ology; Beulah Miller, work and ousiness; Ethel Pyne, literature: Rachael Mecham, social science; Mary Edwards, magazine agent; and Lucille Anderson and Vera Egan. floral decoratinns. SCOUT TROOP 32 Eighteen scouts of Sharon ward troop 32 left early Satur day morning for an eight-dav trip to Thousand lakes. The boys and scoutmaster Merrill Blair slept on the chapel lawn Friday evening to be sure of an early start- Clark Collings and Glenn Vernon of the bishopric accompanied the boys and stay ed with them for four days. |