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Show THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, lH, Orein - Geneva Times Published every Thursday at Oram. Utah M. NEFF SMART. Editor and Publisher (Entered at aacoad clan matter November 19, 1944 at the posloffice at Orem, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1897. MEMBER: Utah Stat Praia Association Ona year, in Subscription Ralesi advance $3 00 FELEVISIOH TREMORS T THEY TOLD A STORY Believers in Jacksonville a group of Floridans who believed in their home town told their city's story to a lot of people, and their efforts have made Jacksonville Jackson-ville into the state's first city and its industrial center. Men of Dallas a group of Texans combined their efforts and resources to build a city of importance where nature probably never intended one to be. They did it by telling the Dallas story with emphasis to a lot of people. California's All Year Club spends hundreds of thousands thous-ands of dollars telling the fabulous story of Southern California. You're aware, we're sure, that Southern California has become the nation's top vacation spot and the recipient of millions of tourist dollars annually. Believers in Jacksonville, Men of Dallas and members of the All Year Club had a vision of what their cities could become. It's a vision which has also been caught by a group of Utah Valley men who have established Greater Utah Valley, Inc. The feroup is now embarking on the job of telling the Utah Valley Story the story of a little paradise. The story, properly told, will, we predict, add untold wealth to Orem and every city in the valley. Make no mistake, the east's industrialists and travelers travel-ers will be interested in Utah Valley's giant Geneva Steel plant. They'll take an interest in its Utah Lake and its Provo River. They'll wonder at majestic Mt. Timpanogos and they'll take notice of the valley's Brigham Young University and its expanding Utah Valley Val-ley hospital. They'll listen to figures on Orem's fruit crop and they'll be impressed with Springville's art center. The Utah Power and Light company's $8,000,000 generating plant here will make a difference to them, and they'll eagerly listen to figures on our water resources. re-sources. They'll be interested in our dry farms and in our livestock, live-stock, and they'll study the valley's greatest asset, its human resources. The Utah Valley Story is as attractive and fascinating fascinat-ing as the Dallas Story or that of Jacksonville. I will be as effective as those were if told as widely and as well. U. S. BOND SALES SLUMP August sales of Series "E" savings bonds of the U- S. Treasury Treas-ury dropped sharply during 1949 as compared with the same month in 1948, Charles L. Smith, state chairman of bond sales, announced this week. The 1949 sales were $998,096 as compared with $1,251,750 in 1948, a drop of 20 percent Russell Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Taylor, who has been laboring in the North Western Wes-tern states mission, will return home on Sunday. His parents plan to meet him in Salt Lake City. Grant Patch has been called call-ed on a mission and will leave in December for the Northern States. Miss Donna Bird of Mar Viste, California, spent Sunday in Orem visiting friends. She leaves the mission home on Med- nesday for the North Central states mission field. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Shields and June Allen motored to Salt Lake City on Friday afternoon to see Elder Jack Brown leave for a mission to Brazil. Elder Brown is Mrs. Shields' brother. Mayor Gillman Recites Orem History In Dedication Speech This 'N That Elhrl Klelsen llalr MY PHILOSOPHY Hi, Folks, While reading some of Mr. Owens' poetry and trying to select (from some 300 poems) poetry that would suit the paper's pap-er's need for Poetry Week I ran across this bit of philosophy "Something for Nothing". I hope it will make you see, as it did me, what s really wrong with the world today. . . SOMETHING FOR NOTHING Something for nothing? It can't be done, . That isn't the way the world is run; Someone must pay and it's usually usual-ly you, Something for nothing Just will not do lt Is a distinct honor and priv ilege to be asked to dedicate this beautiful 'Velvet Highway.' In addition, I desire to call at tention to some things that have happened In this city and area which are to me demonstrations of cooperation by all concerned, and of progress. Seventy-five years ago, this Something for nothing, a Siren's ?'gnwty th was smiP I r ' I through the sage brush. From son then until 1910 it was known as Sung by a Sharper who's out- 'a country road. Then it was des- look is wrong; lignated at a state highway and Something for nothing a suck-'8 Part of Highway 81. In 1917 t,Dl. the state and federal govern ment Began laying a cuncreic Check on the cost ere it be too late. road which was' completed thru this city in 1921. In 1919, with Someone may tell you Just for a ger md"ihe state board of health vima ., , under Dr. Beatty, we were as- That he wants to be exceedingly' , .H in ,, ani1 ninrrv kind, I . tn,n n nnn Somethmg for nothing hell give (missioners then R D Wadley to you, of Pleasant Grove, Joseph Reese If now and then this thing youof Payson flnd Hyrum Thomas of Provo, by resolution set this Buy of him later and then you ! area aside as a town, as was re in valuation one and onhalf millions in the last three years. We are now second in valuation in the county and fifth in population pop-ulation in the state. I recognize that in these days there is a feeling of criticism regardng the spending of public magnificent mountain, and over- lookine this great fresh water lake, we have on our west doorstep door-step the great Geneva steel plant, on our east doorstep a $10,000,- 000 steam power plant being constructed and operated by the I Utah Power and Light Company. ' In the past 18 months, the Utah issued. In residences, 137 per-jp0Wer and Light company has mits were issued, evaluation spent on this highway, and ad- nnn n m x a. 1 : a . , . jo4,oou. uur loiai permus lor jacent thereto, lor Jmprove- the year were 243 with a total evaluation of $677,825, In 1947, 48 permits were issued issu-ed for commercial building valued val-ued at $212,200. Residence permits, per-mits, 138, for $470,400. Our total tot-al permits for the year were 265; evaluation, $791,162. In 1948, 37 permits were issued issu-ed for commercial and school buildings at an evaluation of $740,550. 166 residence permits funds on both the national and local level. But I have no way, at $764,550. We had 269 permits as Mayor of Orem City, to meas- for the year at an evaluation of ore the progress of this commun- $1,571,810. ity wihout giving you some fig- Tor the first eight months of ures representing our expend- 1949 we have had 12 commercial itures. I think most of you have permits, $18,500; 152 residence concurred in those expenditures permits, $856,500- There has and are delighted with the re- been a total of 211 permits, ev- Mr. and Mrs- David Nielsen spen Saturday and Sunday in Price visiting with relatives. quired by law. In those days, culinary water came from open ditches which were tributaries of Provo river, and from dug wells which were few and far between. Three or four months of the year those wells were dry. The state board Mr. and Mrs. William Baak ,of health finally condemned the can pay Double the price but it's free today. Something for nothing a swin dler's song Pay as you go and you won't go wrong. J. A. Owens Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dillman of Roosevelt spent Saturday and Sunday visiting with heir nephew neph-ew and family, Mr. ann Mrs-John Mrs-John Houston. and family of Holland, converts to the LDS church, are making their home in Pleasant View. The Baaks were able to come to America through the efforts of Dr. Cullimore. Mrs. T. Earle Foote and daughter, Earlene, went to Mur ray on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Win-sor Win-sor of Compton, California, were visitors at the Chester Graff home. Mr. Winsor is Mrs. Graffs cousin. They were returning home after accompanying their son to the LDS mission home He is leaving for a mission to Sweden. Mr. and Mrs. George Shunv way of Glendale, California visited vis-ited friends and relatives in Orem this week. They had brought their son, Donald, up to enroll at the BYU. ater for human consumption. From then on we set out to obtain ob-tain a culinary water system. We voted and issued a $110,000 bond which was purchased by the state land board and the industrial in-dustrial commission. The Salt Lake and Utah Rail road, commonly known "as the I "Orem" railroad, said: "Tax our ! property to the limit." Permit 4 m me to say ha hadn't been Mr. and Mrs. Vern Tay- for the valuation of that utility, lor of Loa, Utah and Mr. and we wouldn't have had sufficient Mrs. Vern Pace of Richfield valuation to carry the$l 10,000 were house guests of Mr. and bond election legally. That rail-Mrs. rail-Mrs. Tracy Colvin last week. xo is represented here tonight by one of its founders, and our Mr and Mrs- Milton Thack- guest, W. C Orem and his wife, eray of Bountiful, former resid- Our population at that time ents of Orem, are the parents of was less than 800 people within a baby daughter born last Wed- the corporate limits. Today we nesday. Their other children, lay claim to more than 10,000. Lenore and Milton Jr. are visit- Water service connections iiiade ing Orem with their grand- by our water department the mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hassell last few years run from 150 to and with the David Eagar fam- 250 in 1949. As another evidence ily. of growth, we have increased IT tlTPZHS EVERY DAY" I fOL VA. 0. V0U2 MQUZV- rm caqs ioo Dooy SHOP g M A . A. By PLOTNER CXQIS znxzx oq SHOP TbVAS. WCCAN 6V IffAAt "ACW CAQ LOOK" truuaics t '-71 JtHTOtfm suits. As far as the highway is concerned, con-cerned, the completion of which we are celebrating, the Bureau of Public Roads and the State Road Commission expended upwards up-wards of half a milliion dollars-This dollars-This was done under the direction direc-tion of state road engineers with Strong and Company of Spring-ville Spring-ville as contractors. Orem City, and citizens whose property was adjacent to the highway, have installed curb and gutter to the exent of 22,400 lineal feet at a total cost of $65,000. The high way now, from curb to curb in the area where the curbing is complete, is 103 feet wide. It is one of the most beauiful highways high-ways in the western country recognizing that the finishing touch is yet to be placed in the next few weeks. You realize, I am sure, that this city is five miles in length and in width, making an area of 25 square miles- Prior to the laying lay-ing of the hard surface highway, high-way, Orem city installed water and sewer lines in the sum of $15,000 to $18,000, which, in our opinion, was necessary for future growth and development. We installed sewer projects to the extent of 11,000 feet at a cost of $32,000 in the last wo years. In addition, the city installed during 1949, a total of 20,000 feet of water mains at a cost of $33,500. This year we have spent more than $20,000 in widening our streets, putting on oil surfaces sur-faces and applying crushed gravel. grav-el. We now have under construction, construc-tion, in addition to the items mentioned, a two-million gallon storage tank that is part of a $200,000 culinary water project. It will provide a supplemental supply to our culinary system and take care of our growth for at least a few years to come. We have also qualified for, and now noid in good standing, a sub scription of 1700 acre feet of water In the Deer Creek reservoir reser-voir project. If this supplemental Deer Creek water is used for culinary cul-inary purposes in our city, it should serve a population of 8,000 more. We have two deep wells in this city that produce 1,000 gallons gal-lons of water per minute whenever when-ever we need it. My estimation is that we will eventually have a water supply for a population from 25,000 to 40,000 people, when our present plans are completed. com-pleted. Our building, both business and residential, has run into large sums of money. In 1946 the commercial building amounted to $178,750 for the 45 permits aluated at $942,850. As a part of this building program, the Alpine School Dis trict has expended in new buildings build-ings and in additons to school buildings, more than half a million mil-lion dollars. Located at the foot of this ments in our lighting system and for facilities, $70,300- The productvity of our fine soils produces the most delcious fruit in the country. We have an ideal location in which to live. We have an ideal recreation program, surpassed by none that we know of. We have an unexcelled unex-celled swimming pool which is adjacent to as unexcelled theatre building erected by the people of this area. The Scera theatre is one of the best known recreational recreat-ional and religious centers in the entire state. I am sure that if we people will band together, lay aside selfishness, work together as we are now working, we can build a great city. It is a great honor for me to have the pleasure pleas-ure of dedicating this highway for the use of our people and the public. May we make it safe by being careful and considerate consider-ate of ourselves and others. a J'Uf'ii; how to get llAtkh. Allt4. on a moderate income Many home-seeking couples are coming com-ing to us saying: "We want a home we can be proud of ... a comfortable, livable liv-able home . . . but we don't have a lot of money." All most of them need is the right loan plan plus a little time and effort in fitting terms into their budget We will be glad to work with you in the same way ... all the way . . . in helping you buy or build that home of your-very-own. HOME LOANS extending from S to 25 years. FHA and First Security bank-type plans available. If Mmbr Mtn) DipoCrt Imuran Corpwsti Mtmbw Mrl KMm tphm. Tfi PVT THTTTFV TIII5 Wfl"!.!) TTTT3 trow THESE MEN HAD THIS TO SAY: "No amount of arms in themselves could compare as a war detterent with notifying any potential agressor of" the future that he confronts not $1,000,000,000 worth of arms he confronts all the resources of 300,000,000 people to make his agression a failure." Sen. ARTHUR VANDENBERG,n Senate speech Tuesday. - "W have long ago learned the hard way that our own economy is not safe so long as the economy of the balance of the world is unstable." .Vice President ALBEN W. BARKLEY, at San Francisco speech to western Demo! crats Saturday night. "My experience in congress convinces me that those states with the greatest number and most agressive congressmen con-gressmen get undue advantage in establishing and maintaining main-taining our defense plants." WILLIAM A. DAWSON, former congressman from Utah, in objecting to heavy cuts in civilian personnel at Hill Field. "For an official of the company to receive a pension paid for solely by the company is a good thing. For the worker to receive the same benefits is a loss of his freedom'." free-dom'." CIO President PHILIP MURRAY, in discussing big steel's reluctance to accept the recommendations of the fact-finding board, on Saturday. "Steel chose 60 days ago not to fight but to submit to the board under protest. Now it does not have much to fight about or at least not enough to plunge the country into a steel strike." IRON AGE magazine, in editorial. "If our (western) states are to prosper further, they must process in our own back yards instead of sending our materials to other states for some one else's profit." JACK R. SIMPLOT, Idaho industrial leader, at Kiwanis convention at Sun Valley on Sunday. "If labor in (general is not to ask for fourth round wage increases during 1949, it is the most hopeful event thus far this year, or in fact since 11946." ROGER W. BAB-SON, BAB-SON, at WeBesley, Mass., on Friday. Nora Ash ton and Ida Er- canbrack spent one day this week in Salt Lake City. They attended at-tended the state fair. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN CURB AND GUTTER GUT-TER DISTRICT NO. 2 Notice is hereby given that a special assessment levy has been made against property benefitted benefit-ted in Curb and Gutter District No. 2, as per the assessment roll, confirmed by the City Council of Orem City, and on r 2 .in in if ti STUDEBAKER 49'ER GIVES YOU PLENTY OF POWER DRIVING ECONOMY EASILY ACCESSIBLE ENGINE BETTER VISION MORE DRIVING COMFORT Mary C. Cluff and Edna Doe went to Midway on Sunday Sun-day to attend a birthday dinner honoring Sam Burge. file in the office of the City Recorder. Re-corder. Any property owner may pay his assessment in cash, without interest added, to the City Treasurer, Treas-urer, if payment is made on or before Friday, October 7, 1948. By resolution of the Orem City Council, September 14, 1948. Orland E. Pyne City Recorder Published: Sept 15, 22. 'Hare Yo Been Waiting Long, Dear?" j |