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Show J v r VV 'J J II 7 V 1 X. VOL. XI AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, &TURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1924 NUMBER 49 1IEW COUHCIL HOLDS 60 SESSION LAST SATURDAY Considerable " city business wu transacted at the meeting of the city council which convened In special session Saturday night last. All members mem-bers of the council responded to the . tollcalliJM syorCoddtogton ti In the chair. ' The minutes of the special eession of January '7th" were read; and . an- proved. - . A -communication was read from "State Auditor, giving his opinion that an audit of the 1923 accounts will ( answer the requirements of the law. On motion of Councilman Rasmussen, 1t was declared the tense of the council coun-cil that the audit of the city accounts he confined to 1923. ""The" special business before ; the meeting was the naming of appointive officers for the city. For City Marshal applications were read from Walter Dnrrant, L. R. Ingersoll, and Jed Mercer. Mayor Coddlngton at this point Invited free discussion of the (Council bT the candidates before he made the appointments. After a discussion, dis-cussion, the mayor named Walter Dnrrant as city marshal, and oa motion I the" r apSointment'-was - un-aslmously un-aslmously confirmed by the council. The naming of the Justice of Peace ame. next j There was hut one applicant, ap-plicant, Wlillam Hunter, who was named by the mayor and unanimously confirmed by the council. The matter of naming the City Attorney At-torney was next considered, there being be-ing but one apllcation filed for the position, that of Ray Elsmore. Inasmuch Inas-much as there are a number of cases pending in which Attorney Booth was connected,' question was raised as to the. advisability of making a change at this time. On motion, the naming of the attorney was taken under ad-..Vlsement ad-..Vlsement for the time belnev -i'J ' - there were three applicants: Wm. H. Duncan, Albert Blrk and Jed Mercer. The mayor named Wm. H. Duncan for the office which appointment was unanimously confirmed. The office of Fire Chief was then considered, there being but one .application, .ap-plication, that of Irving L. Pratt, the present, incumbent Mr. Pratt wai named by the mayor and he also was unanimously confirmed by the council coun-cil By iquest of the chairman of the Cemetery Committee, the appointing of sexton was deferred It being explained ex-plained that the city is anticipating ttaklng full charge -oObe cemetery, and It was deemed advisable to have the plans fully worked out before the sexton was named. Report came to the council that the State Road Commission, would likely install an arc light at what Is called the Smith corner on First North and Third West Streets.., The council expressed ex-pressed a desire to have a simitar" arc light installed on the state road corner east of Grant's store. The matter was referred to Mayor Coddlngton Cod-dlngton to take it up with the State Road Commission to ascertain what can be done. Mayor Coddlngton recommended that the Street Supervisor see that the making of paths through the snow be done early in the morning when the occasion" requires so the school ohiidran tnnT hnvA the benefit of same. On motion, the matter was placed In the hands of the street supervisor with instructions as recommended recom-mended by the mayor. The mayor reported a leak In the water system on First North Street between Fourth and Fifth East. On motion, the mater was referred to the Waterworks Committee. The collection of delinquent irrigation irri-gation taxes was discussed and It was the sense of the council that some suitable person be employed to make "the collection. On motion-the matter " was" left "In the" hands of the Irrigation.! Committee to, make the necessary arrangements. ar-rangements. - The mayor stated that the City Treasurer had expressed a desire for eTpmTon6T"TK&"tOtraclt -relatlve-4o banking the city funds. After con Idflrabla discussion Jt was moved that the following recommendation bejand maintained at the Peoples State made to the City Treasurer. . .. . .4 -.:-. -.i nf ihi ;iV'W-.t the Bank of American Fork. , : : V - jstructed to confer with the City Tree-: Tree-: SecondThat all special funds, con- surer In the matter. MANY SAINTS AnEND QUARTERLY CONFERENCE All sessions of the Priesthood convention con-vention and quarterly conference held here last Saturday and 8unday la the Stake Tabernacle were well attended. . The first session consisting of the stake : presidency, bishoprics end ward clerks convened In the tabernacle taber-nacle basement at 10:30 a. m. Roll call showed 74 present. Apostle Geo. Albert Smith of the general, authorities authorit-ies was present, also Elder Levi Edgar Young of the first Council of Seventies, Seven-ties, the latter speaking on the topic of "Essential of Good Leadership, The essentials as outlined byElder Young were: 1. Possession of the power of the Priesthood. ' 7- 2. Calling to authority by authority. author-ity. - 3. Complete harmony of those led with the leader or a unanimity of purpose. Elder Young emphasised the importance im-portance of humility in leadership, and pointed to the Savior as being the greatest example of a true leader. Apostle 8mlth In speaking said that the secret of the growtt ofJtheLatter-day ofJtheLatter-day Saints has been that they have had confidence la their loaders. In the general discussion which followed, fol-lowed, a number of questions were asked and answered. r " ' General priesthood convention convened con-vened at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon with 364 present In addition to the general authorities, who were present In the forenoon, Melvln R. Ballard was in attendance. Pres.' 8. L. Chlpman extended greetings greet-ings to theprlesthood, stating he was well pleased with the attendance. Aaoat!e Smith In ... addressing : the meeting spoke of the bounties of earth with which the Later-day Saints are blessed while many people of the earth are actually suffering. He spoke with power on the necessity of honoring honor-ing the priesthood and being loyal to Its. calling. ' , , At So'clock the Deacons aHJourned to the basement while the balance of the priesthood remained In the auditorium. audi-torium. " The priesthood convention con vened at 10 o'clock Sunday morning with the same general authorities present Isaac Peck, recently returned from the Callfornlan mission, spoke briefly on his exneriences. The topics as outlined In our last Issue were given Elder Levi Edgar Young talking on "The Reaponalblllty of the Priest hood to the Church." There were present at this session 678. The last and general session of the Conference commenced at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon with an attendance of 136fr persons. The principal speak ers at this meeting were Levi Edgar Young, Melvin R. Ballard and George Albert Smith, each of whom made Inspiring In-spiring addresses. o FINAt RESPECTS. PAID J.. AGED CITIZEN Mrs. Olive S. Pomroy was laid to rest in the cemetery, here . Frl!av afternon of last week, following ser vices held in the Stake Tabernacle, which were well attended. BlahoD Earl S. Greenwood of the Fourth Ward, was In charge. The ward choir, directed by C. E. Watson, sang as the opening number JCbme Ye Disconsolate" and the invocation was offered by BJsbop-J. R. Hlndley. The choir then sang "O My Father." The first speaker was Dr. James M. Grant who was followed by a vocal duet "Some Sweet Day, Bye and Bye" sung by Ora Chipman and . Moral D. Steele. Rev.-Wlldman Murphy or Payson then spoke. Prof. Hopkins of Lehi, rendered a violin selection, "0 My Father" and was followed by Clifford Clif-ford E. Young,, who spoke. Bishop Greenwood,-made a few closing rp-marks. rp-marks. The choir sang "Providence Is Over All" "arid " the Denedlction wai pro nounced by Pres. James - H. -Clarka, who also dedicated' the grave. istlng of wster works sinking fund, paring guarantee fund, street pavln district No. Tand 8l4ewgIk"Tim?reyi".' districts No, 8, 4. 5 and 6 be deposited ; ; The motion carried unanimously i and the Finance Commltee was in- AMERICAN FORK A WIDELY ADVERTIS The annual report of Dana Parkinson, Parkin-son, Wasatch Forest Supervisor, shows that American' Fork Canyon leads other sections In the Wasatch forest In the number of visitor daring dar-ing 1923. There was a total of ti 000 visitors:: to ialL: canyons,- sad .of this amount, 39,000 were entertained in American Fork Canyon. - Report from the Tlmpanogos Cave Camp states that a total of 1I.T87 tickets for admittance to the famous Tlmpanogos Cave were sold during the past year, and the caretaker estimates esti-mates that close to 17,000. person ware conducted through the cave dar ing the year as there were " some complimentary and some season tickets out Labor Day exceeded all other days of the year, bringing 778 visitors to the cave. On Sunday, August 26th there were 747 persons who went through the cave and July 24th there were 600. The trail to the cave la kept pea' all winter, the caretaker, Erol Hani-day Hani-day and his wife residing at the cave camp. On December 26th, four people peo-ple made the trip to the cave. ; .The fame of Tlmpanogos cave tad the completion of .the. . scenie l$ep highway, connecting American Fork and Provo canyons la responsible for the sudden rise In canyon visiters.'. Young Wife and Mother Dies Bodv Brouztt' , Here For Burial imm TaVsinn PdstAPflinn 1 4U t c a vi vaaio nvevii wv wife of Arthur Peterson, died Tne day In the St Joseph Hospital, at Tacoma,, Washington, after an Clnsss of several weeks. An operation was performed last week In an effort to save her Ufs, but to so avail T. The deceased was bora. In thlavetty December 27, 1888, being ; east tZS years of age: - She-was- reared herta and in July, 1908, was married to Arthur Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Peterson of Pleasant Grove. They made their home In Salt Lke and Ogden till four years. ago when tbey moved to Tacoma, Washington, where they have since resided Mrs. Peterson la survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs. Eliza Jackson, Jack-son, and four children ranging In age from 2 years-t615years,al36 one sister, Mrs. Nellie Hebertson of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove. Services were held In the Mellinger Parlors at Tacoma, Wednesday fol lowing which the body, accompanied by the husband, mother and.io child ren departed for this . city, arriving here Friday morning. Services were held In the First Ward Chapel yester day afternoon. o Public Well Pleased With "A Trip Around the World" Presented By lL I. A. The Alpine Stake M. I. A. enter tainment, "A Trip Arund the World" proved to be an unqualified success, the presentation in each of the three tonws being witnessed by large and appreciative audiences, who have since expressed themselves thoroughly enjoying this type of en tertainment The program Vas given In Lehi Wednesday evening, in American Fork Thursday evening, and in Pleas ant Grove last evening. The purpose of the entertainment was two-fold. The Stake M. I. A. Re- I rreattnnal cnmmttto tnnV Ihli method of not . only demonstrating that the' public enjoys amusement that is thoroughly clean and of an up lifting nature, but also to reimburse the Stake M. I.-A. treasury to finance expenses" of the stake board. Should thfre be a balance, It will be turned over to 'the Mutual Dell fund to assist as-sist in lifting the obligations incurred ! by' Improvements at the summer I camp. AfW the ' progranr Itself, the participants parti-cipants and their directors cannot be praised too highly. Eacb number reflected re-flected careful work with a view of not only pleasing the ear but also the The New Queetiei. The veetloa used to he: Can a man love more than one woman at one timet The modern question Is: "flow can he help Itt Richmond TUnes-Dls-patch. ED FIRST BEET CHECKS Oil jlllG SCALE CONTRACTS CON-TRACTS OUT THIS WEEK FARMERS BEING PAID SEVENTY- FIVE CENTS IPER TON TOTAL OF $38,000 GOING OUT FROM THIS FACTORY. Farmers' In the Lehi sugar factory district will receive checks this week amounting to seventy-fls cents per ton of beets delivered during 1923 as the first payment on the sliding slid-ing scale phase of " their contracts. This Information was given out at the local factory office this week. The total to - he paid the beet raisers Is $35,000 or for approximately 46,500 tons of beets delivered to this factory. The payment is In advance of the stipulated contract date but since sugar sales and prices have been good the company Is .. making the payment now. District Teachers licet In Institute Today Alpine . School District Teachers' Institute will be held here today from 9:45 this morning to S o'clock; this afternoon at the high school The program of the Institute has been outlined as'follfowir"1(.s45"td II a. m.. general session at which the principal speakers will be Pres. 8. L. Chipman on "Moral Teaching , Possibilities Possi-bilities of Teachers." and State Supt of Public Instruction, C. N. Jensen on "The Duty of a Teacher as a Public Servant" . . will w viwvt ,. separate for departmental sessions. The primary and grsmmar grade teachers will meet together and at this meeting Assistant Supt , J. T. Worlton. of 8alt Lake City Schools, will talk on "Methods and Objectives la Reading." ; At, the , high school meeting; ProLLeRoy CowleC of the T. of U. wUl speak. . From 12 6 clock noon' to 1:30 p. m. luncheon will be served by. the Amerl can Fork High School Domestic Science Department A general session will be held from 1:30 p. m. to 1 p. m. the principal speakers for this meeting being Assistant 8upt of Public Instruction, A. C. Matheson and Assistant Supt J, T. -Worlton. From 1 4o - 4 p departmental work will be taken up, sessions being be-ing arranged for Janitors, primary de partment grammar grades and high school. Recreatlonsl activities under the direction of Earl Holmstead and Ixola Jensen of the local high school will be Indulged In from 4 -o'clock to 5 p American Fork Poultry Producers Association Holds Interesting Meeting A very enthusiastic meeting of the American Fork Poultry Producers' Association was held here last Friday with sixty-two members present Pres. B. N. Christensen wss In charge and stated the meeting was called to dis cuss, the advantages of the association associ-ation the po'ultrymen and to out line a plan to secure new members. The general expression of those present was that they were atrongly in favor of the association and its methods. Mr. Banjamlne Brown, president of the association, was present and gave a very optomlstic view of the future poultry Industry to his audience. He told of the open ing of : new eastern markets and re ported that Utah eggs were now sell ing as firsts on the highest egg mar ket of the world. Report was made that the next bonus checks would be psld Immedl- A committee was appointed to solicit this section for new members to. the -organization, and. be ready to report at the next meeting, January In the course, of the meeting It was pointed out that American Fork was not as loysl to the organization as the people of the other tons. This in'facToT The Tacr"thirTBr head1 quarters of the association are located here and fifteen local ( persons em ployed should be a greater stlmilus to us than anyone else to back the movement, it was shown. - o SERVICES FOR MATRON ;-E9 The First Ward Chapel was filled to capacity Sunday noon for the funeral services of Mrs. ' Elisabeth Wright Taylor who died the preceding . Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon. Bishop James T. Gardner was ia'charge,."'7"7"'""" The services were opened by the choir singing "81ster Thou Wast Mild and Lovely," and Wm. A. Mo-Cullough Mo-Cullough of Provo offered the Invocation, Invoc-ation, following; which - Mre. ' Minnie Pulley sang "Beautiful Isle." :I .Tho speakers, who paid high tribute tri-bute to theworthy life and character of the deceased and offered consolation to the bereaved, were John H, Davis, Clifford ILToung. of this city; Henryt Sullivan. J. H. McPhie and Fred A. --i . o.1 t ilta Unun cuu RniHvn and McPhie reside In the,, ward In Salt Lake where Mrs, Taylor lived for some time over two yean ag while receiving medical attention. Interspersing the speakers was a solo, "Some Sweet Day, Bye and Bye" sung by Mrs. W, H. HallldtV and a vocal duet by Mr. an1 Mrs. Edmund Hansen. - Bishop Gardner made closing re marks after which t quartette consisting con-sisting orMrsTMInale-rPnlleyi-Mrt. Edmund Hansen, Jsmea Martin and 8. F. Grant sang "Nearer My God To Thee." The benediction was pro nounced by James Barrett The cortege then proceeded to the cemetery, where Mrs. Taylor was laid to rest beside her . husband and a daurhter. The grave was dedicated by Fred A. Jackson. A T it Charlie's Aunt To Be Presented By First J Ward II I. A. Next Thursday afternoon and eveft Inr "In ' the Tint- Ward CaapeUMbe Mutual Improvement Associations of that-ward.. wJH present "Charlie's Aunt." a comedy In three acts. Some of the wsrd's favorite ' dra matic talent comprises the. cast and this fact coupled with that of the play being humorous from start to finish, should not fail to produce a splendid evening's entertainment The play deals with two young college men who, expecting the aunt of one of them to come and pay him a visit inv!tethe!f lady friends-to luncheon in their rooms, presumably to meet the aunt but Jn reality' to pro pose to them before-the girls dragged off to Scotland by their horrid old guardian," As the luncheon hour draws nesr, a telegram Is re ceived stating that the aunt has decided de-cided to delay her-visit several, days. The young men ere In a panic as they see their visions of a delightful tete-a-tete vanish, and persuade another rollere fellow to Impersonate the aunt that the girls will not hesitate to re main., Things go along smoothly till the real aunt unexpectedly appears. Clarence Grant In the leading role, that of "Charlie's aunt" Is st his best The csst In full appears In another section of this paper.,, . ' . High School Opera "O Hara San" To Be Presented Next Saturday Next Friday, January 25th, In the new gymnasium, the music depart ment of the high school will present an opera "O tiara Bin." students, under the direction of their music in structor, K. J, Bird have been pre paring this opera for some weeks past and have devoted many strenu ous hours of practice for its perfec tion. The opera has a Japanese vetting, the scenes being laid In a beautiful Japanese garden. Those taking part will be correctly costumed In real Japanese fashion. "There are seventy five students taking part, the prln dps being VendeirK6yes,"llelvln Grant Russell Jacobs, LeMar Moyle, LaRue Robinson, Rella Hunter and Thersa Clark. -The-ossrsr-wlll i)...ezdualYeTy,8 high school production, . no ; outside tslent being used. ' ' These musical entertainments to thn naat hav tiroven hlchlv success ful and are Indeed deserving of the f hearty support of the townspeople. COMPLETE. PROGRAM,' FOR VQMEH'S CLUBS BEING HELD TODAY .Plans for. the convention of the First District of the Federate Women's Cluba of TJtalu.whlch Is to ibe held today la the Stake Taber- complete. The program for the morning ses sion, commencing at 10 o'clock la as follows. - ; - . v Pipe" Organ " 8olo Nina HaUiday, American Fork. ' : Inrocatlon Mrs. John R. Hlndley, American Fork. - , Selection Ladles' Quartette American Fork Fourth Ward. Address of Welcome Response by President, Mrs. Margaret Maw, Provo, . . . Introduction of 8tate President, Mrs. E. O. Wattle, and officers. Roll call and minutes of last meet ing. Report of State Federation meeting held la Provo lapt October, lira. C B. Berry, treasurer of board. ' Five minute remarks by the follow ing district chairmen, state chairmen of committees and departments, .and state directors': Mrs. Atlantic Christensen, "Pre ventive Dentistry"-American Fork. Mrs. W, T. Hasler "Community SarricefepTft.;., Mrs. L. C. Potter"FriendIy, Co-o" eration with Ex-service Men" -Prove. Mrs. Alex Hedquist-VCollegt Loss Fund" Provo. . v Mrs. Sarah Harmon "Publlo Welfare" Wel-fare" Provo. " Mrs. Willis Bromley "Motion Pictures" Pic-tures" Americsn Fork. " Mrs. W. H. Homer "Conservation" of , Natural Resources" Pleasant Grove. ' T " ' Mrs. B. H. Eastmond 'Tlome Economics" Eco-nomics" Provo. " t:" -.TtTTy'r tr- Mrs. Dimkk Huntington "Fin ris-Sprinrrlile; - fJIriC-WrCQttBT'" State Director Remsrks Lehi. i-Mre,.A.,WRl?n??;.8tate Director Remarks Sprlngvllie. Vocal 8olo Mrs. Clifford B. Toung', American Fork. Remarks Mrs. E. O. Wattle, State President of Federation. ' At noon, In the basement of the Tabernacle, under the direction - of the Ft st Ward Relief Society of American Fork, a banquet , will 7 he servedMravAtlantIa Chrirtensen will act as - tosstmlstress. - Prof. Charles Hopkins of Lehi will ente tain with violin selections and several girls from the high school will present dsnclng numbers. The program for the afternoon session will Include ' the following numbers1: . Chorus from American Fork High School, directed by Prof. K. J. BJrd. ., Address, "Opportunities and Responsibilities Re-sponsibilities of the Federation" by Mrs. O. W. Dalley, State Organiser, Salt Lake City. ' Remarks, Mrsr.E. 0. Wattls, Ogdei" Vocal Duet Ray D. Nlcholes and . Rnlon Nlcholes. Address "The Relationship of Literature Liter-ature to the Art of Life" by Mra, George P. Jensen, State Chalrmmaa Literary Division, Logan. Discussion led by Mrs. Christian Jensen, Provo. " The First District Includes about fifty women's clubs, mainly of Utah County,-who have affiliated themselves with the State Federation, however a cciilal Invitation Is extended to all Indies of the various cities in tbje First District whether elub members or not to attend, the convention. Locals Lose To Wasatch High Team Last Friday The Wasatch . Hlgn team ove whelmlngly defeated the local 'squad here Friday night last, the final score being 52 '6.'But let it be said in favor - of -Hap's squad .that,, they , be-, came not one whit disheartened by the rapidly mounting score of their opponents snd kept up their "pep" to thejlnal whistle, tackling the larger Wasatchawfth"a''vTla."": " " The Forkers were not successful In making a .field goal, their score Ty , suiting from foul pitches. . ,' . ' .. The American .Fork team played at Lehl last night . , , . . ( 4 ' I. |