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Show fife AGRICULTURE IKDUT --J Ml' n iDOCHTlON . HCCRtArivJM .-li I PRICE FIVE CENTS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1948 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 37 Slayor, Council Urge Voters to OK Bond Issue; Fate of Reservoir Hinges on Outcome If we are to keep pace with the increased growth of the city and meet the demands as far as utilities are concerned it is vital for the quaimea voiers oi wera m vote "yes" on both ballots rmridine for the issuance of $75,000 in general obligation hnnds and $136,000 in revenue bonds in the special election next Tuesday," declared Mayor j, w. Gillman today. He joined with the Orem City Council in urging Orem taxpayers to take advantage of Wis opportunity tn imorove the present inade-' quate water system. Although the original figure croposed in the bonding pro gram was $175,000, the total a-mount a-mount of the bond issue to be placed -on the ballot Tuesday will be for $211,000, according to Mayor Gillman. He explained explain-ed that the increase had Deen State Highways Cost $9 Per Person, Says Utah Foundation Expenditures for state highways high-ways in Utah for the eight-year period, 1940 to 1948, represent a per capita outlay of $72, or approximately $9 per inhabit-, inhabit-, ant of the state per year, according acc-ording to the Foundation report. Approximately $45 lA million was spent for state highway construction and operation costs during the period, equivalent to $286 per registered motor vehicle, veh-icle, or $33 per car per year. During the eight-year span, Utah Ut-ah spent less for state highway purposes than did any of the other western states except Wyoming Wy-oming and Nevada- Gasoline I cdoeuiaptkuft in, Utah, during ihe same period was exceeded by four of the eleven western states California, Washington, Oregon and Colorado. Utah Foundation comparisons- are based: upon data released by the U. S. Bureau Bur-eau of the Census relating to state finances, and the highway costs shown do not include expenditures ex-penditures for policing highways high-ways nor grants-in-aid to cities or counties for local road purposes. pur-poses. Expenditures for state ii-ih-ways in Utah for the eight-year period, 1940 to 1948, represent a per capita outlay of $72, or approximately ap-proximately $9 per inhabitant of the State per year, according to the Foundation report. Approximately Ap-proximately $45 and one half million was spent for state highway high-way construction and operation costs during the period, equivalent equiva-lent to $266 per registered motor mot-or vehicle, or $33 per car per year. During the eight-year span, Utah spent less for state highway purposes than did any of the other western states except ex-cept Wyoming and Nevada. Gasoline Gas-oline consumption in tUah during dur-ing the same period was exceeded exceed-ed by four of the eleven western states, California, Washington, Oregon, and Colorado. tUah Foundation comparisons are based upon data released by the U. S. Bureau of the Census relating rela-ting to state finances, and the highway costs shown do not include expenditures for policing polic-ing highways nor grants-in-aid to cities or counties for local road purposes- Lincoln Art Teacher Receives Award For Oil Painting LaMar Burnett, Art teacher at Lincoln high school, received wrd this week that his oil Painting, "Black Rock Mountain", Mount-ain", which was entered in the young ameteur class of the 46th annual Art Exhibit held at the Utah State Capitol during October Oct-ober has been selected for a prize award. Notice of the award came in a letter from Maud R. Hard-jnan, Hard-jnan, acting chairman of the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts. The artist received an a-ward a-ward of $40 and the Daintine will now become a part of the I Permanent collection of the Art Institute and will be displayed at the C-mttol building Miss IKi-rli-nan siu! in h"r letter. .tta.-shs. v.-'r-hod to- con-mtvb con-mtvb r.'- E::-i?"t and that she hoppri. tlie avvar would be an encouragement for his continued con-tinued advancement- The painting will be display-' d at the high school before being be-ing sent to the capitol. made to cover the payment on outstanding water revenue bonds which it was found nec essary to retire before the new water revenue bonds can be iss ued. The Mayor explained that $15,000 will be used to retire these bonds and the remaining amount of the increase which a-mounts a-mounts to $21,000 will be used to replace lines which aie inadequate in-adequate under the expansion program. The remainder of the money will be used for the following: to pipe the Yellow Jacket spring (675,000 gal. capacity) down to the present reservoir site. This will be used and kept intact. Work on this project is' expected to be completed before be-fore March. Build a diversion works and chlorinating plant about 2,000 feet up thhe mountain moun-tain from. the present diversion plant near the Alta ditch. Build! a pressure line from the coun ty to a point on the flat north east one mile from the cemet ery. At this site a two-million gallon storage reservoir of eith er steel or concrete construction will be built. From the reser voir a 14 to 16 inch line will run northwest toward the Timp Bowl, - thence west where it will intersect 8th East. Also included in-cluded in the program is the re placement of feeder lines throughout the city, thus insur ing an even distribution of wa ter throughout the city and in creased fire protection in all areas- Citizens eligible to vote in Tuesday's election are those who were qualified voters in 1947 and property tax payers in 1947. " '-""" " 4 Polling places are as follows: District number 1 W i n d s 0 r chapel; District, number 2 City hall; District number 3 Veterans Memorial Hall; District Dis-trict number 4 Lexia Harris home. Rehearsals Set -For Messiah Rehearsals for the 10th annual ann-ual presentation of the Messiah, sponsored by the Lincoln high school are being held each day at the school. Rehearsals for those other than students who will partcipate will be held on Dec. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. in the Lincoln music room and on December 15. The Messiah will be conducted conduct-ed by E. B, Terry. A special invitation in-vitation to participate is extended extend-ed to all alumni and patrons, especially those who have taken tak-en part in previous presentations. presentat-ions. GENEVA TAXES TOTAL $762,000 Nearly one-fourth of Utah county's entire 1948 tax bill was paid in a lump sumas the Geneva Steel company Tianded over its check for $762,000, largest single tax payment ever made in the county. This payment considerably raises the over all total of tax payments which until Saturday afternoon were still nearly $2,-000,000 $2,-000,000 below their goal. Mr. Bird pointed out that the Geneva Gen-eva taxes total nearly one-fourth of all the county taxes collected vtf:vnvo fTn . . . niiph V..!cn'.iiio, life r.d iTe will be filmed soon. TIT Ann Jr-ffrles raf throngh the with flagon Franclno w'o produce and star la the film. p "r'" - ' ,77 1 ,.' I : 1 "it-1 ! - - r. V, -. ? : A Testimonial Set For Elder Bench Farewell testimonial for Reed Bench, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Bench, who has been called to serve in the Western States mission, will be held on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the Tim-panogos Tim-panogos ward chapel. Elder Bench is a senior student stud-ent at the Utah State Agricultural Agricultur-al College. He was graduated from North Sevier Hight School and attended BYU for one year before going to Logan- Speakers at the testimonial will include Charles Merrill, of Preston, Idaho, a friend of Elder Bench and a convert to the church from Texas and President Philo T. Edwards-Reed Edwards-Reed Hacking and Keith Gurr will offer prayers and music will be under the direction of E. B. Terry. Elder Bench has a brother, Ardean Bench, who is now serving ser-ving on a mission in the North Central States. Windsor Leads in Stake M Men Hoop Play " Windsor ward was . atop the Orem stake M-Men basketball loop today following their victory vic-tory Wednesday over Geneva, 47-22- Vineyard came up with a 39-29 victory over Sharon ward in the other game. Vineyard, last year's champ lost the season's opening to Windsor and is tied with Sharon for second in the standings. Geneva and Vermont have each lost a pair to reside in the cellar. cel-lar. Sharon stake games have been moved up from Saturday to Friday in order to facilitate the Donkey basketball game set Saturday.' Grand View wiH play Pleasant View at 7 p.m. Friday; Oak Hills tackles Timpanogos in the 8 p.m. game; and Hill Crest plays . Edgemont in the nightcap at 9. Ntext . Wednesday's schedule in Orem stake, finds Windsor pitted against Vermont at 7 and Vineyard playing Geneva at 8. Sharon has the bye. Prospects Brighten For Orem Fishermen Good newsjor Orem fisher men was the announcement to day by M. J. Madsen, chief of fisheries of the Utah Fish and Game Department, that Utah fish hatcheries are just about filled to the brim and that the eggs already ordered will bring the fish factories to capacity Mr. Madsen has just completed placing 3,100,000 eggs which the state received from various hatcheries throughout the coun- Over 2,500,000 of these were Eastern brook trout eggs which were placed in the Panguitch, Loa, Springville, Whiterocks, Logan and Kamas hatcheries. These, Mr. Madsen said, will be hatched and raised for stocking in the high, cold lakes, where brook trout thrive best. Also received were 300,000 brown trout eggs to be placed in brown trout waters. These came from Iron River, Wiscon sin. Mr. Madsen explained that a million brown trout eges have been purchased from out-of- state hatcheries since December I. This supply augments the annual an-nual egg take from thhe Drood stock at the Morgan Hatchery which this year has already vielded.. about - 2,000,000- and which spawning run is sull in progress. Eggs being placed in the hatchery hat-chery troughs at this dat. will be in most cases, planted out as advanced fry (about two inches long) in the spring and as soon as the pack trails open into the high-lake country. Only rainbows are held in the hatchery- ponds until Ihey grow to catchable size- As for legal fish, Mr. Madsen explained that this year's out-out out-out will exceed that number raised and planted in 1947-This, 1947-This, he said, is because of increased in-creased production facilities at nost hatcheries which should minimize the fry loss. Hay harvested in June and stored in a barn may lose up to 75 percent of its carotene by December. City Operated prbage Service Now Available A city operated garbage ser vice was a reality in Orem this week for the first time in history hist-ory following passage on Nov. 1 24 by the Orem City Council j cf an ordinance which authorized authoriz-ed the setting up of a garbage I collection department and the ' office of superintendnt of the department. Collections were made for the first time under I the new system on Wednesday. ! Under the new plan of gar-l gar-l bage collection all homes and establishments which have been 'previously served by a private collector will now be served by j the city. Councilman A. A. Richards, acting head of the garbage de- partment, today invited all Or em residents to take advantage of the new service- "Those desiring the service! are urged to telephone or see Orland E. Pyne, city recorder, at the city hall immediately,, he said. "It is becoming increasingly increas-ingly important for garbage and refuse to be properly and reg ularly disposed of to insure j neaitmui surroundings ana to reduce fire hazards," Mr. Richards Rich-ards said. Evidpnre nf hc fart that the city council intends to bring ev- ery home and business house in- to the collection schedule is the determination of the council to! enforce strictly the citv fire or-1 dinance and the new health ordinance or-dinance soon to be enacted. Harold G. Muhlesiein, con of Mr. and Mrs. . George Muhlet-lein, Muhlet-lein, who entered the LDS mission mis-sion home in Salt Lake City on Monday prior to hii departure for the Western Stales Mission. He was honored al a farewell testimonial on Sunday evening in Oak Hills ward. Funeral Held for Kurt Dale Smith Funeral services for Kurt Dale Smith, ' infant son of Robert Rob-ert Ellison and Elva Koyle Smith were held Tuesday afternoon aft-ernoon at the Claudin funeral home in Spanish Fork. The baby was born May 20, 1948 in Provo. He died last Sat urdav. He leaves his parents of Or- em; one brother, Darwin Koyle; two sisters, Connie LaRene and Dorthea Elvona; grandpaqents, Mr. and Mrs- B. A. Smith of Mt. Pleasant; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Koyle, Spanish Fork; and a great grandfather, John H. Koyle of Spanish Fork. Bishop Stanley Finch of Orem conducted the funeral. Vt:' O- f" x , OREM HUNTERS TO JOIN STATE WIDE CROW DERBY ON UTAH LAKE SHORES Here's a cue for Orem sportsmen sports-men to get out their shot guns and get them in shape for some real shooting. A state-wide crowj derby is in the offing and the campaign against the black marauder mar-auder will begin in about two weeks, according to Director Leonard of the Utah Fish and. Game Department. j The campaign to curtail the crow, which has come to this j state in alarming numbers, ls being sponsored jointly by the, sportsmen's organizations and , the game department. Traps are' already being made and crows for banding will be caughv and liberated as soon as possible, the game leader said. Prize birds will be banded, one at least carrying a big purse pur-se of no less than $100-00. Others Oth-ers will be worth cash In a- Squad Named for Lincoln Hoop Opener at Kamas Coach Evan Baugh announced announc-ed today the probable starters on his hoop squad which prys the lid off the season Friday at North Summit in a pre-season tilt. Ralph Willett, veteran, vill likely start at one forward spot with Steve Christensen .ai the other. Don Adams is slated for center and Saun Bohn and Lewis Lew-is Edwards are expected to handle han-dle the guard assignments. Bohn is a newcomer, while Edwards is a lctterman. Others who will travel to Kamas for the Friday game are Dale Reeves, Leon Rowley, Don Bradshaw, Darrell Mackay, Mer- lin Baker, Keith Davis, Mako Hidoshima, Floyd Farley and Terry Judd. The Tigers will perform before be-fore the home folks first on Dec 8 against Payson. They men entertain Kicniieid nere on Dec. 11, and Wasatch high here on December 15. VINEYARD Malicenj C. WUt Phone 08D3J1 The Vineyard Relief Society will meet at the home of Mrs- Ray Gammon on Tuesday. The theology lesson will be given by Helen Allen and the visiting teachers message by Lucinda Anderson Youth leadership meeting was held on Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Al-ton Morrill- Refreshments were served. Mrs. Jennie Hamilton of Sugar Sug-ar City, Idaho -is visiting here with her daughter and son-in-law, ..Bishop and Mrs. Taylor Allen and family. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Clegg and Mr. and- Mrs. Joy O. Clegg spent the weekend visiiing in Southern Utah and Nevada. -The Relief Society women spent Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Jennie Rawlings. A short Christmas program was presented -and ..refreshments served. Mrs. Rawlings has been confined to her home for the past 23 years. Elder Robert Pearson gave an interesting talk Sunday evening ev-ening on his missionary experiences exper-iences in Australia. A trio composed com-posed of Janet and Jean Clegg and June Allen sang two numbers. numb-ers. They were accompanied by Helen Allen. High Councilman Paul Taylor offered the invocation. invoca-tion. ..'remarks -were made by Pres. Walter Holdaway, and the benediction was pronounced by Elder Max Lilenquist who recently re-cently returned from a mission to Australia. Rex Blake of the ward bishopric was in charge. - Mr. and Mrs. William Facer. Jr., and three children hare returned re-turned to their home in South Gate, .-Calif., -after -spending the Thanksgiving holidays with her parents. Pres. and Mrs. Waller Wal-ler Holdaway. While here Mr. Facer ..and his" brother Kieth motored to Star Valley, Wyo., and visited briefly with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Facer, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gam mon left last week for SeaUIe to visit with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs- Har old Robbins and children, xfrs. Robbins has a new baby boy. born Nov. 22.The child is the Gammon's first grandchild. Mr. Gammon returned home Monday and Mrs. Gammon will remain there for a few weeks. Jackie Holdaway was given a gay birthday party at his mounts varying from $5.fl to $50 00. Magpies will also be banded with cash notices in the smaller denominations, Mr. Leonard explained. Crow hunting has become great sport for many hunters, the director pointed out. Arouna the shores of Utah Lake, where the greatest concentration of birds is to be fojnd, shooting has been good sport to the experienced ex-perienced gunner. It is necessary to have crow calls, decoys and the proper blinds and locations to get the birds in great numbers. num-bers. Crow hunting, he pointed out, may only be done in accordance) with the laws of the state. This I means simply that trespass signs will have to be heeded, shooting restricted to crows and magpies not pheasants. r" K C Clarence D- Ashton Ashton Elected to Alpine School Board Clarence D. Ashton of Pleas-pnt Pleas-pnt Vie'v, state extension horticulturist hor-ticulturist and well-known fruit expert, received a resounding i vote of confidence and respect from voters in the Alpine Seh- i I.. : ' uui u.MMcv . " rtlel7u'cerning the Navaio Indian nrob- ery, $3,501.80; roads and side-more side-more than twice as many votes , rm" , iNaYaJ i""" proo- T i1finin'. wf jor,rt as both of the other candidates! ,em Tu?sdav. I1", the senator walks, $16 010. water depart. n,.i WMh. i,-, h nwtin,, ' r - O -wvv.. choose a member of the school board to serve a five-year term. C N. Gammon of Vineyard, retiring president of the board, received 68 votes, and Leonard Walker of Lindon recevied 160 votes. Voting for Mr. Walker was unusual in the respect that he had not filed for the post and all votes cast for him were 'write in' votes. Mr. Ashton will take office at the first meeting of the school sch-ool board in January. Revamp State Road Department, Says Utah Foundation "Pennies paid out for proper-, Orem building permits total- ance rates- The council insructed ly trained and efficient right-of ed $34,350 for the month of Vern Wentz, Orem City Attor-way Attor-way personnel mean dollars in I November, bringing the year's ney, to work in conjunction the taxpayers'., pocket," is the' total to $1,564,350, Ed Wick- with Fire Chief Scott Thomp- tenet set forth in the current research report released today by Utah Foundation, the private non-profit tax research agency. The report emphasizes the need for the most competent managements of highway plans and operations in view of the large sums of public funds involved. in-volved. Citing the recommendation of the Utah Highway Users Association Assoc-iation for revamping the Utah Road Commission organization structure, the report points out that present policy limits the amount which can be paid to a chief highway engineer in Utah to $4,500 per year, the same as I the salary now paid to three : lull-time commissioners. In view of the large expenditure involved, it would be sound ec onomy to secure the best poss ible technical direction of the highway program, which would probably require substantial in creases in pay scales for qualif ied engineers," the report states. home by his mother, Mrs. Glen Holdaway. ..A ..large birthday cake ..topped with six candles centered the table, and dainty Christmas bells were given as favors. Refreshments and games were ejnoyed by the following: Melvin. Garry and Phyllis And- arson of American Fork; Mari- lyn, Paul, Kent, David and Le- Ann Holdaway. . 45 X l--Li A CHAMBERMAID CONTEST . , . While several thoasand penons jammed the sidewalk of a downtown Phoenix, Arts, street, ehambw-maldj ehambw-maldj of a somber of resort and snwilal hotels need (or the title ef "Chaatp Chaaokcnsall." The era waa m by Hart BSka who Council Approves '49 liudgel; Mill Levy Lower Than '48 Tentative approval of a budget of $141,443.21 for 1949 city expenditures was given by members of the Orem City Council at its meeting Wednesday night, following recommendations recom-mendations made by Mayor J. W. Gillman who was recuperating recuper-ating from a major operation and thus unable to attend the meeting. The 1949 budget is up $24,475 over this year's.! Based on the city's assessed valuation of $3,202,007, the budget calls for a 19.9 mill levy in comparison with a 20 mill levy this year.. Orem City's assessed valuation is up nearly a half million dollars W ATKINS SAYS WAR POSSIBILITY "If Russia does not change her attitude we will have a war," declared Orrm's Senator Arthur V- Watkins in a radio talk Tuesday nitiht- "The United States has gone about as far as vides $29,890:40 in the contin-she contin-she can with appeasements," he gency fund which includes sal-said, sal-said, aries for city officials, office ex- ,, . , penses, insurance, sanitation, Following Hie radio talk Sen- Jj!ht and powcr etc For public ator Watkins left Salt Lake .. nnnn inni,, o City early this morning for Washington, D. C. to serve on a C , i. IT. ...1J1 ...Ml ou-ii ue-iiouse tj.uup wim.u win begin a study of business fits- . In exmaimna his views con- rcveatoo mat J4,uuu Indian . , , t 41. TkT 1 . Liiuuieu arum me iavaju rcser- vation are not in school because the government has failed in its agreements- A total of 20,000 children are eligible for educational educa-tional benefits, he said. The Orem senator explained that he had requested the Blsh- nell hospital buildings for use as an iiuiuii uwiiuui ail yJi utl to fulfill their natural right." "The facilities at Bushnell would be ideal for their needs,", he said. Orem Building Permits Now Exceed IV2 Million man, Orem building inspector, announced today. This figure brings the amount of construct - ion authorized in 1948 well a- bove Mr. Wickman's prediction earlier this year that builufng would be between one and one- half and two million dollars vnis year. November's total is $1,000 more than the amount issued in November, 1947. Mr. Wickman said that he inasmuch as the company has expects an even bigger year for been awarded the bid to widen building in 1949 than 1948. U. S. 91 through Orem. A stip- Permits issued in November , ulation of one year was set as include the following: Toffee the maximum time for the plant Hauzen, $1,000, fruit stand; to operate at that location. Max T. Pyne, $7,500, residence;! A three-man delegation from Clifford Jenkins, $2,500, resid-.the Junior Chamber of Commence; Comm-ence; W. R. Anderson, $50, erce including Don Swan, Ted porch roof; Sam Johnson, $600, addition; Marl Zobell, $3,000, basement apartment; Hyrum B. May, $200, remodel; E. G. Jones, $3,000, basement apartment; apart-ment; Barbara H. Adams, $900, addition; G- E. Jorgensen, $2000 residence; George R. Thomas, $500, addition; Merlin C. Christensen, Chris-tensen, $12,000, residence; Roy E. Butler, $500, garage; and Lionel Colledge, $600, garage. NOTICE A tie clasp was found follow ing the stake play on Wednes day in the Pleasant View ward- The owner may obtain same bv contacting the custodian of the chapel. over last year. ' Increased levies in the new budget provide for $1,000 for the library $200 more than last year and $9,606 for the fire department over $1,000 more than last year. The breakdown by funds pro- offi ... ,' . 'lari' . ijahiiitv in- surance, justice of the peace, ..-, j etc. sewer fund $4 000; city Pro" hall, $2,641.20; city parks, $2,-I $2,-I 241.20; debt service, $14,441.37; I : l r i f a lUt'IllUlliU IUI1U, S1,DUX; L't'IIlLU- '"-" ......v...., $9,606. The water department is up $7,900 over last year in anticipation antici-pation of proposed improvements improve-ments In the city's water distribution distrib-ution system. A public hearing on the tent ative budget was set for 8 p.m. lefmhei 22 at the Orem City Hall. To Amend Fire Ordinance Business also taken up at Wednesday night's meeting was the proposed revision of the ; city fire ordinance to meet rec-' rec-' comendations of the Pacific (Board of Fire Underwriters j whose representatives recently conducted an inspection of the City in reference to fire insur- son in preparing an amendment to the present' fire ordinance. ' The proposed amendment is to include the designation of places and times when fires may be : lighted within the city limits, jn response to a request made by strong Construction Com- pany, the council went on record rec-ord as having no objection to the concern's setting up a gravel processing plant between 9th and 10th North on 8th West, Simmons and Sterling Harding appeared before the council re questing the city to make city land available to the Jaycees for the construction of a social hall- The delegation said that the Jaycees had abandoned the idea of using the building offered offer-ed by F. S. Davies for this purpose pur-pose because the cost of renovating reno-vating it would be so high. The council, after consulting the city attorney who was present, said that it would be legally impossible im-possible for the city to grant their request. Howjever, the Jaycees or any other person or group, might be considered for purchasing city property at current cur-rent market value. The council passed a motion to purchase the garbage truck from Miller Garbage Service for use in the city garbage department. de-partment. OREM CHAMBER TO MEET FRIDAY Business at the regular meet ing of the Orem Chamber of Commerce set for 12:15 p.m. Friday at the Silver Star will include a discussion of the water wa-ter bond election to be held in Orem on December 7, according accord-ing to Bill Baker, chamber Baker said that a new chamber secretary would be named at the next meeting of the board of directors. Jim MacDonald, who has been stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has been transferred to Aberdene Field, Maryland where he will attend a mecuan-' ics school for 12 weeks. |