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Show .-5.-- t4M"; 1. VOL. XX. AMERICAN FOEK, UTAH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2i) 1923. NUMBER 2 FARMERS OF THIS : ITY AGREE TO BEET CONTRACT ' Provo, Feb. IS Acceptance of the report of the state sugar beet com- ' mitt and of the contract agreed tip on by,, a majority s of the commlttM and th sugar companies waa the final fin-al action at a meeting of the , com-mitte com-mitte and mem ben of the Utah county coun-ty farm bureau held at the courthouse Saturday. ' ' ' .7 . Ephralm Bergeaon, C. H. White and J. H. Ward, memberi of the committee, com-mittee, were present and explained to the large gathering the work of the committee and Ita results. " Mr. Bergeaon explained the ertou condition of the sugar Industry , and the losses it had sustained th past three years, and also the aerloaa condition con-dition of the farmer," with gmtlj lowered price for all hie product!. While the committee had not obtain ad an it wanted from the augar companies, com-panies, It had aecured a recognition of the prtnclpl of a partnership In the two factor of augar production, the farmers and the factories. Whether Wheth-er or not that partnership, waa yet on an equitable basis, he would not say, but the recognition of the principle prin-ciple waa a long advance on former negotiationa. ":.v..:'-.;- v Mr. Ward of he committee explained explain-ed that the division on a 48-52 basis waa conditional : on tonnage. ; The territory of the sugar factories 'was divided Into units and ' a , fjve-yenr average of the production of each of these unite waa given and then, the required tonnage for lSzl to secure the new price. In some units a large Increase of tonnage la required and In other little or, none." The five-year reach '; the tonnage : required ' for nnit No. S, . which comprises Utah county, was as follower- - i-j,F4ve-year. ; Factory. average tonnage Lehl .am :-10MP. Payson -44.8J1 - ... Spanish-' Fork ., 7,181 - West Jordan V-.-l.M,88 , A lengthy. debate ensued 57,000 - 18.000 over this feature of the contract, the speakers contending that the five-year aver age was considerably above the production pro-duction for' 1928 and that few, It any. 1 of the dlatrict -in the , .nnit could reach the tonnage required for , 1928. - Mr. Bergeson explained that few of the factories could afford to run on a ' Smaller- tonnage than 44,000 tons It a factory could not run more than thirty or forty 'days, the overhead expense would eat up all the profit. However, the report of the commit tee was finally adopted and the mem bers will return to their local bur eaus.and report. ' "Scooped" Us. : By the way, the- Tribune . correspondent, corres-pondent, Glenn' Starrs, woke up this week and sent one newi item to the Salt Lake Tribune before- Tt'appear-ed Tt'appear-ed la the CITIZEN. The "item" happened hap-pened Friday night and his spedal" appeared In Monday's paper, and we "are Informed that the only reason he "rushed" It waa to get "even" with the "old man" tor the few lines In last week's CITIZEN, "Have You Noticed ttr , ( - Keep on Improving, , brother,, the Salt Lake Tribune appreciate live correspondent. ; " -t . First ward M. I. A. play coming soon Watch for date. . OKOBOaOXOSSOKO KOKO cour JSOB08 . WANTED , 1500 Cases of Eggs Per Week Paid 8.00 Per Case Last Week . : 4- ,. '. ' ..v . ., ',, , ... -' : . ' ; . If interested see R. L. ASHBY Next Monday at HOME-CLEAH-TO CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES Hill At meeting of the County, committee commit-tee held in the Utah County: Farm Bureau office, Provo, February 17, it waa decided to district the county and aeatgn. certain members of the County committee t$ visit each town ana meet with the local people for the purpose of organising a local clean-town commute. -This local committee should be organised on the same plan, as the County com' Th tollowing assignment ,wrs made; -: " . Provo -Lowry Nelson, .: Joseph P. wielch, Amy J. Leigh, Aldus . Dixon, Owen Smoot - r SpringvHle-J. F. Smith, Lowry Nelson, , ' . V MapletonJ, P. Smith, Lowry Nel- Bpanlah Fork Fred Matley, Mrs. Mary Westrlng, A. C. Peterson. .1 -Salem Fred Matley, A. C. Peter-on- , - Payson Samuel Taylor,' Mr. Mary Westrlng, A. C. Peterson. Santaquln Samuel .Taylor,, Mrs. Ivon D. Gore. . , " Goshen Samuel ' Taylor, Mrs. Ivon D. Gore. . v'-- f Elberta Samuel Taylor Mr. Ivon O. Gore. ; ' . Benjamin ilrs. Mary Westrlng, Mr,' Fred Matley. Spring Lake A. C. Peterson, Mrs. Mary Westrlng , Genola Mrs., Ivon D. Gore. Lakeahore -Mr. Westrlng, . Mr - Pleasant View J. P Welch, A. O. Smoot. . -Vineyard J. P. Welch. A. ,0 Smoot' : - Lakevltw J. P. Welch, 1 A. O gmoot ' 1 Lehl Jaa. T. Gardner, J. F. Banks Hyland Junius F. Banks, Elmer Miiier T, :: "i: rr; ' American Fcwrkjr J. Hares, J." Banks. - ' ' Pleaaani Grove iHmer Miller, J. " Hayes. . Provo Bench J. " P. Welch, H. Dixon.-. .. , ' Alpine J. T. Gardner, J. F. Banks. It wa the opinion of the County committee that every local organisa tion such as: Farm Bureau church auxiliaries, Kiawanlsm, Rotary clubs, etc- be drafted Into service. ' Town government and County com missloners have pledged their sup port ' The County Farm Bureau feela that the local president should assist with the organlsatlonnof-the community for.thl work. . ' . ; Every community mentioned on the above ' schedule should he organised before the" first dltmK---:rrV' .This I probably the greatest move that has ever been made In the county coun-ty to Improve sanitary and ' health conditions and to educate, individuals to their duty toward the community in : which they live. ' Health Conditions Very Good wnen questioned Tueeuay after noon concerning the general - health conditions of Am. Fork, Dr. Noyes, local quarantine physician stated that American Fork", waa practically free from all contagious diseases,,,. Wednesday, Wed-nesday, .family which had . been quarantined for chicken pox waa released, re-leased, and no other contagious dis ease .were reported. . - 1 - Little Ml Mary Heaky of Alpine, i waa very seriously III last week with diphtheria, but is now out of danger end Improving. JSOSJOKOKOXOKOJOStOKOSO City Hall, Z p. m. TIMOTHY mm l AT Word waa received her Thursday morning from Ogden of the deith of Timothy MeCarty, 78 years of age, former resident of thl city, and wh waa nlghtwatchman at the American fork Co-op. for a number of years. He died at the horn of his son, Arthur Ar-thur T. MeCarty, at 1:80 - Thursday morning of pneumonia, after a brief Illness. Mr. MeCarty had been a sufferer suf-ferer from stomach troubl tor a number of years, Mr. and Mr. MeCarty Me-Carty moved -from this city om two years ago to Ogden and made their home with th son. . 1 ; H wa born In Uttl Falls, Herkimer Herki-mer county, New York, March 11, 18S0, the son of Cornelius and Johns- na Drlscoll MeCarty. When a young man he came west and located In Salt Lake, where he wa married June Z3, 1888 to Elisabeth Campbell. For five years , after his marriage he lived In St Johns, Arisona, and then moved to American Fork and lived here for twenty-flv years. He wn a member of the Catholic church nntil 1833, when he was converted to th Mor mon faith,. , . y.- He Is survived by hi widow, and one son, A. T MeCarty; one brother Charles MeCarty of Raymond Alberta, Alber-ta, Canada, and' sister, Mrs. 'James Lahlff .of Leavenworth, Kansas.; Funeral services will be held Sunday Sun-day afternoon In the Ogden Second ward .chapel. Bp. W.. B. Newman will conduct ihe services. Interment will b mad in th Ogden city cemetery. ceme-tery. o . YOUNG MEII $55 EACH ... .. Last -Friday night at - the gym during the dance after the basket ball game, two young men Dewey and Walter 4JaJsforJ wer '. arrested . an charged with Intoxication. There was no doubt of their Intoxication for they put up a fight against their arrest, and no sober person, with average common sense, will resist officers of-ficers in performance of their sworn duties. : " - Monday, they appeared . before Justice Hunter, pled guilty and were fined f 55.00 each, which should be a lesson to them as well as others. Conditions Bad Her From lniormation given this paper It appears that most anyone can secure se-cure thl bootleg poison and other mixture at many place in thl city and from a number of . Individuals. The stuff Is not only making tools of our boys but Is ruining their health, and we -believe a strenuous - effort should be put forth to atop it. If it Is too big of a Job for our to tal or county, officers, then let tit call v in the ; federal officers they wfll ferret -out the dens and make arrests and this paper will give the bootleggers the fullest publicity-' Shall we -make an effort to stamp out this curse In our midst, or shall w-go on as hertofore and let our hoys, yes, and some of, oufgirls, go. to hell or the asylum from drinking Hhe poisonous stuff.. W..S. Snow Bound Over In the city "court at. Salt . Lake Tuesday, Warren 8 Snow, formerly of this, city, and who was extradited several weeks ago ," from Portland Oregon, was bound over to the Third District court on a charge of forgery. Snow, It la alleged, forged and cashed cash-ed several check. ' . : ; , - First ward M. L A." play coming soon. Watch tot date, . " . Free Seeds By . the courtesy ; ot Sen. . Reed Smoot the Citizen has i mall sack of garden seeds and a few flower aeeds, tor those who wish' them, free of charge. . ',',' y" -,-( . ' Those packages ' will be given to grown-ups only and . not to children, as . long as they last. Anyone wishing a package can call at theAK pine Pub. Co. office. . DIES ODEII BOOTLEG I COST TRAVELING DANGERDUSlWE LOST FIRST LEAGUE THE POINT Traveling between here and Salt Lake Tuesday was rather dangerous at the Point of the mountain on ao- count of th heavy fog and the rut- iea roan caused by th drifted snow and Ice, and on Ford truck was smashed up considerable and a car at... oenina also damaged to th extent of 8200 and others damaged some. ' According to thoee traveling down the bill that, morning a big, heavily loaded red truck wa coming up the grad fcnd some ten cars going down, when a Ford truck,' which was, on bead, sighted the big red truck and finding it was Impossible for him to get out of the deep ruts, the driver Jumped and let his car smash Into .the other, and those following, on ac- count of the tog, smashed Into each other as they went alone. I It fa said that no on wa to blamo for th accident on account of the conditions of the roads and to fog, for It 1 said th big track alio tried to steer to one side but also could not get out of th rut. ; Th fog this year has been heavy around here, but report from" Salt Lake state that It Is more dense np there. - v Boy. Loses Thumb. 5 Robert Smith, age I, son of Win. T. $mi'Jx who resides south of town, had th flesh of th thumb on his left aad torn off ; Thursday afternoon about ; ; o'clock. Th child, " with brothers had a sleigh' attached to a horse in th yard, and as the single tree became broken, fie stopped to repair It with a piece of bailing wire, cn the horse lurched forward. The boy's thumb "war cencht In the wire sVd w injured before tlihore could be stopped. He Was taken u the hospital, wber It wa found necessary ne-cessary to amputate the thumb below (he second Joint AROUND Why not give the rooms a new coat; Just like yourselves . It does riot cost much to Make It Look Like New. .w j -Jt..E;--. j x. .t .v. ..?j. . "' 1 . - The New Spring V . :' --'Now Linoleum New Spring Floor -Anything in the Furniture Liner; ; Give us a look : - It will not cost yoii lc . , 1 . ... .1. ! BIG RED GAME THIS SEASON We would much rather forget than remember th gam at Lehl Wednes day night lor the walloping we got at the hands of Lehl doesnt lops good, added to our chain of victories, but nevertheless first place In th division is ours and that's all that matters after all. From about o'clock . on UU the game commenced there was a steady stream of local tan pouring Into Iiiht to witness the battle and by the time the whistle blewt the Lehl gymnast um wa packed to capacity. Lehl took th lead from the start and the local squad overcame the lead but one and that In the second quarter. At the end of the first quarter Lehl was hed 7 points, the score standing 9 to 8 but In the second se-cond auarter. tba Iforkera nllM iin the scor' and passed them only to be passed again, At halves; the scor stood 18-18 In favor of Lehl. At the end of th third quarter the score read "Lehl 28" "opponents 14 but the final 'scor gave Lehl victory by 8 points It being 44-86. Scor and lineup was as follows: American Fork O. T. F. P. B. Chlpman." It 8 ' 0 0 8 L Chlpman, rf. I 10' 8 14 IngersolI,.o - 6 L". 0 . 0 18 Birk, Ig 1 : 0 3 Condor, rg 1 1 i 0 0 8 totals ' 14 10 8 8 Lehl v G T- F. P. Roberts," If " -T'T v J ".l"" Turner, rf .1 9 0.;' : J Hackett, e v j ..- t .,.': I Southwick, 0 0 Smuinr rg . 4 , ' 7- 15 8mith, rf , I t ' '4 totals 1 . 18 11 f 8 44 ; Special--S3Cloan-Eas3r goap tor 8c at Robinson Orocet ' - 1923 - . : HI) Here Lace enes - , - urap STORK 'American Fork, Utah. H. S. RASMUSSEII'S . AUTO STRUCK BY TRAIN A narrowly averted fatality occur ed late Thursday afternoon when th Ford car of H. S. Rasmusseh and driven by him waa struck by th north bound Union Pacific passenger train 'about 5:30 o'clock on th crossing cross-ing one block east of the San Pedro depot. Mr. Rasmussen's car had become be-come stuck In mud hoi and bis attention wa centered on getting th car out and he did not see or hear th approaching train until too tot. The train was not traveling at great rat of speed and dragged th nn.r from tha nmulni nwr tit naat th sidewalk when the train stopped tn thl short distance. Mr. Raamussen evidently waa not thrown out but h has no recollection of how he got out of the car for h says he can remember remem-ber nothing until he was standing on the sidewalk. 'i -.u-r : His right ear was . cut. and th right side of his face braised and scratched considerable and the right wrist cut. He was taken to th local lo-cal hospital Immediately and his wounds given attention and later h waa taken home. No bone wen broken, but Friday morning he was reported to be suffering from considerable consid-erable pain In hla right id..- . Th car was badly wrecked, ths top, windshield and front wheels being be-ing entirely smashed '-,.. , .. o ... Poultry llcetir ... ; Monday next at 8 p. m. meeting for all poultryraen will be held In th city hall. The object of the meeting I to talk ovr th association marketing mar-keting of our ggs .If. Is expected a start will be mad the Monday following-". Only about one-third of the ponl-try-men have- aigned up and unless the rest sign at one th plant will b lost for this district. Poultry producer ar earneetlly ured to be prreent at tl.ls meet! J as matU-rs of vital ir-tsreit to ttei will be brt-U v iti dl-cu 1. XL Wall Paper ms Rugs) ' ! - ' til .- i 9 -" ; Curta |