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Show t SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925 A1IEZICAN TOM CITIZEN Offioe Alpiae Publiahinf Company BojldiHf Phone 85 A PROGRESSIVE, INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION Entered is the Pest Office at American Fork. Utah, ai second-class matter. . , - , - amfptpaV "FORK CITIZEN SATURDAY, SEPTEMttPi n. Subscription rates, $2.50 per ..year in advanee. Advertisement rates: Display, 30 cents a cojuinn inch. Legal notices and readers, legal rate of 10 cents per eight-point line per insertion. in-sertion. "Want ads. Bate-2 ceAts per word each insertion. Payment uiut accompany advertisement. ' ) A. P. GAISFORD, JIL. jsditoh SHOULD MAIN STREET BE CUT UP WITH MORE TRACKS Considerable agitation ha been wtirred tip,, especially with business pt'oplf of our city, over the proposed Orem spur that i being asked for to ma into the Chipman lumber yard frqtn the main line. Tlit- very urmat factory condition that the present tracks are kept in is pointed to aa the big objecti"M. Our entire main street i apoiltd for traffic and appearance by the rough nkept condition of the roadbed road-bed and with other spurn and sidings taking off right on the main street this already deplorable condition will be madft worse. To date the "city council has not taken up the matter officially but it i understood that it Jk to come up in the very near future for hettlement. Of course this lody will have to consider the question from the entire city's standpoint, and will be requested to' either grant the privilege to the railroad or rejeet it. If a decision can be forecast from public opinion the privilege will be rejected. A GREAT INDUSTRY 1 Half a Million Mourners u S. I'oMal department estimates that )Chi :il'.-"cd (,ut 01 t,v fa!-" t-Ji The American people spend annually $8,000,000,000 for the purchase pur-chase and 'upkeep of automobiles of which there are more than 17.-500,000 17.-500,000 in the United States. That's how greatly the automobile busi. ncsa has grown in a quarter of a century' in this country, which turns out more cars iu ten days than England turn out in a whole year. H this biiwnesHwere to suspend operations today, millions of worker would be thrown out of employment, the oil industry would go to the pot, steel companies would be aerioiwly affected, and the' copper, rubber, rub-ber, leather, lumber, gift and score of other businesses would be badly crippled. Even many farms would be demoralized. 'Hie .making.and welling lars toMhe wealth of this country. On the surface it aeem that' this business provides a very wife and profitable working place for aav-ings. aav-ings. And m it does, if the right companies are chosen; but it must be renumbered that the automobile business is highly competitive. Often the value of the automobile securities dermis more on earning power than on their equity in fixed property. Efficiency of management, manage-ment, economy in production costs, and successful selling are often factors of more importance to the investor in this field than the amount of property the company owns. If a company cannot earn money, its plants ami machinery will usually lack a great deal in reimbursing re-imbursing those who have put up the money for them. Immigration Falls Off: May Draw Line Tighter Immigration to the United States has bteea cut sixty-eight per cnt during dur-ing the year and In some Instances, of which Italy is an ellquent example, more alliens have returned to their home country than entered AineVlca from that country during the year. Although the law hat been working work-ing as Intended with rcfeard to Eu ropean and ABlatic Immigration, It have come in from' Canada and Mexl- is predicted here that a strong attempt at-tempt till be made to strengthen it by amendment during the coming session ses-sion of Congress. Those who favor amendment assert as-sert that the purpose ot the law are being defeated by an Influx of Immigration Immi-gration from Central and South America. The government, it is said, ha. been -unable properly to protect RumanlaM left Amerca Ulau our Boundaries so tnal many immi grants, denied admission by law. Hi Mi $ Si Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Th .'iihukmi Americans have sii u (Mrti (mmi in the past 5 years promoters in Texas alone. This represents but a smJl'pnrt of tne whole number of mourners in tins country-who country-who have lost their savings h.v unwise-investment. Whv m -t be frank with your banker and advise with "him the next time you are tempted to "take a long chance '.' tor. President. We'll bacK you PI .... " , for a cool billion lop any old day, even if It would mean looping oft the bureaus In Washington Houston. Hous-ton. post-Dispatch. , ;-J-,-..tr-- A forfrn K,-... . Tork report, that Earn 7 X Idly betoming the t age. Does he advu Uka lt npr-Detroit jfJJJ Tt We offer this service atisnllfleiy i'ree i.lcl proud of the fact that - ''"' "ur ttutiiv tnousamis o. an iiistonicrs the past. ;:r - ..-, - Free! Free! ' ALL NEXT WEEK ONE TUBE WITH EACH -NEW TIBJ PURCHASED. -.J! SMALL CAR Cord Tire at re ; pneeof j $9.95 or oversize $10.95 'Experience keps a dear school but fools will learn in no other." Fran'.:. in. The Bank of American Fork 33 Years Successful Banking A STRONG BANK co. In fact wholesale smuggling of immigrants has been charged by those in favor of a more drastic law. They declare that the way to handle the situation is to tighten the lines on immigration from other parts ot the Western Hemisphere". The way the new law cuts down immigration is shown by the fact that during the past fiscal yekr 294,-314 294,-314 immigrants entered the country, while 92,728 .Europeans returned to their home country. The year previous previ-ous 706,986 immigrants came in as against 76,789 aliens who left. j More Italians, Greeks, Hungarians, j Bulgarians, Uthuaniansr Yugo slavs, Chinese, Japs, Portugese ani in during the year. -- o- U is said that when a Chinese general gene-ral wants to order an advance ho says: "Yonder lies the eliemy, inch Jong!" killings in the following Houshm I'oKt-Dispatcb. year- There never will be a revolution in America. The people can't slay mad long enough about any one thing. Baltimore Sun. Now the President is willing to lop oft jr.do.OOO.OOO of taxes. Keep ago- pathfinder Only a limted number. left HURRY! "We give you absolutely one $2.45 tube. Martin Nielsen Aut Co AMERICAN FORK UTAH KeliaUe Merchandise Since LEVI Makers of Two Horse if m S11ME veralU AnewEairFREEifTheylllp atth0iirMs'YZar 'II It is announced from Taris that the French Debt Commission win brins .along its own champagne so that 'u-'experts 'u-'experts won't suffer. Evidently eho fame of our deadly corn liipior li is spread as far as ancient Gaul. Ml 1 1 U vi -jVw- -1 TllIS year, many new featnrw will greet you at the Fair. HURRAY! BIG FREE ENTERTAINMENT Breath-taking aerial novelty acts-thrilling acts-thrilling acrobatic comedy daily. Marvelous fireworks spectacle at 7:30 every evening. Best programs at radio broadcasting station, on grounds see how radio works I AND HORSE RACESI BOYI New (100,000 horse racing plant Two new grandstands. Two classy trotting races and seven thrilling running races every afternoon. GREATEST POULTRY SHOW New $15,000 Poultry Building ea-hibiting ea-hibiting the state's biggest egg producers! r , r "-. , , NEW AUTO FEATURES! "--Beautiful new models at Utah's finest Auto Show, revealing hundreds hun-dreds of new automobile features In advance of the season! NEW FARM MACHINERY lee the latest improvements in mowers, reapers and other farm implements and machinery. Learn new ways of planting, growing and harvesting cropj. I A New York life insurance oflleial returning from Europe says thai jAmrt-ican business men work tiy hard and that something ought to he done about it. Might lessen the mini ber of holes on the golf course mid cut down the baseball games to sevi n Inlnga. "' I J It used to be that the silk !oik-jinged !oik-jinged vote was a handicap to a e;m-jdidate. e;m-jdidate. Now it amounts to half i f ' the total. j It is said that native girls in Africa are demanding more' clothe, which 'indicate that Instead of liece-mim: j civilized, they are slipping haknnl j 11 for yoM9 (D)H Coffee Pdi Dnrbg September only we will allow you $1 for your old coffd L pot as part payment on a wonderfully fine Try it rercol 'ator: UpeciaUy designed for every day service in the horn j An Invention which is badly n Is a maxim silencer for the fellow's radio. o:h-r I One good way to stop war woal.l In .to eliminate those fellow who n out the encouraging official ruiUciv from the various ha:tle front . And Hundreds of Other Features) ! Anyhow, why-should anybodv w.;i to swim the English Chantn I w! you can get n good boat everv th i-minutes Cerman investigators conc!n-!i the participation of tho A'l .ri, 'arniv In the World War broncht ai, . Otmany's defeat. It is a fi: Kt, .which demonstratt 'hat Genius ar somf times right. Hoston Transcr r The price is $5.75 but .-if you turn in your old coffee pot it costs you only An Unmatched Value Vim sffidmtPiiblicSewicc Steamships on the English d;anr.. 1 this summer have to be tarff il :y i io-.ttinu:dTiwtf iafl'MfiS"'oti';riri'!n"f' tng ie swim across. . nigaro .. ', : If - there are 18.000 homicide i jyear in the United States", r-tl sure that 15.000. executions in tl.e lama year would greatly rednee tho for Si Ull,eqmp?ItnI! fot home that will pay. rot itself many tunes over in the savings it makes. |