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Show vol. sul AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1925 NUMBER 40 Jayor Reports Meeting Where joint Power Plant Is Discussed jjayor Thomas Coddington report-, report-, Saturday night to the members of the city council, that a meeting With rtpresentativea irom rieasani urove Mi Lehl had been held with a view t jnaking an investigation relative w the metalling or a municipal pow- to funlsh light and power ft piani fc,. ihe three ciUes. He reported iinted showing the status of municipal munici-pal power plants in the state to the .ffect that thejr were remunerative. The matter was referred to a general committee pf the three towns for further investigation-.-- Ames H: Clark, Clifford E. Young tod J. M"'t rarner, a commiiMS) irum the Commercial Club, met with the touncil and asked for an appropriation appropria-tion of $25.00 to complete the pay-sent pay-sent of the salary t the city recreation recrea-tion director, Earl Holmstead, which ropiest the council granted. Oliver Jetfs Appeared and peti tioned for an increase in salary for cleaning the Main Street gutters. A raise of $10 per month was granted Mr. Jeffs with the understanding that he assume the additional work of disposing of the refuse from the city UU and public library grounds and also take care of the intersections of Church, Center and Merchant streets nith Main street. ; A complaint was made in reference to the indiscriminate trespassing on the city hall grounds by the school children at noons and recesses, some damage being done thereby. The public property committee was asked to confer with the grade scnooi principal concerning this matter. A letter from Goddard -Abbey Co., eertified public accountants, was read asking the work of auditing the city records for the past term. ine Batter of selecting a suitable auditor was referred to the auditing com- ittee and mayor to make such arrangements ar-rangements as they deem proper. City Recorder Shelley was in- ttracted to send to the International- Harvester Company a bill for ii&.uu to cover the cost of the demonstration demonstra-tion recently made of the fire truck and apparatus for the benefit of the Nephi city council. Recorder Shelley was aBked also to write the Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. requesting the privilege of making mak-ing connection to the fire siren proposed pro-posed to be installed by the fire department. de-partment. Upon the recommendation of the ire chief. T U Pratt, Gustave Adam-son Adam-son was named as a member of the ire department. A recommendation was made by the city cemetery committee that center street running east and west on the west side of the cemetery be closed up so as to provide additional bU to b(. sold. Action was deferred wtil.such time as suitable for an ordinance to be drawn making tne proposed provision. The fire committee' was authorized to have the telephone removed from the American Fork Motor Co. DUBd- Ing and (stalled in the new fire sta - The Tuatter of collecting - the mount outstanding for shade trees Purchased in the spring was referred to Mayor Coddington and the claims committee with power to act The heating and care of the new in and t orn fort station was dis eased with the decision that the re In the daytime would be placed to the hands of the city marshall and he night care would rest with the 'IshUatchman, the comfort, station foors t remain open until midnight on ordin-try nights and until 1:80 a. dance nights. The street superintendent was In fracted to get the snow plows In wndition and arrange for persons to Prate the plows for the winter. Recorder Shelley was asked to m the 1-os Angeles and Salt Lake R Co. asking hat they furnish fon" three to five loads of gravel for repair of the street noon which ""if depot is located. 1st North 1 J wag -instructed to k write lVfi tt. X. Straup I and iiivithlm to Bt Saturday night with the council ""1 present his hill for services in Hunter t u ' nd Mrs. Timer RtronK and Jldren Marie, Preston and Nellie of were Thanksgiving dinner "s of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Black. Orem Railroad Improving Main Street By Repairing Roadbed Tile "Salt Lake and Utah railroad Lgflu'lal8 are at last making an honest p"01-1 t0 Improve the condition of tneir roadbed through our Main street. For the past ten days a large crew of workmen have been liusy cutting cut-ting out the paving on either side of each rail arid replacing with a new level filling which is expected to wth stand the springing of the trick and remain In a smooth even condition. Several previous attempts in the past at partial improvement failed but this time the company has gone at ihe jo') under direction of their engineers and the condition of the roadbed should be improved to a marked degree as welt as our Main street. Two blocks from the west side of town hve been com pleted. Tax Collections Come In Faster This Year The pulse of the financial condition of the county Is. usually Indicated more or less by the way taxes 'are paid. If this same condition prevails this year the people in general are considerable better off than they were last year. 1'p to noon November 3ftli Mrs. Myra Gardner, tax collector for American Fork precinct, had received J63.187.39. Of this amount $13,000 was paid Saturday and $18,000 on Monday the 30th. Last year only $54,- 000 were received up to the delinquent delin-quent date, so it will be seen that this year nearly $10,000 more was paid than last year by delinquent date. C. M. Hansen Hit By Stray Bullet A stray 22-caliber bullet struck C. M. Hansen in the calf of the leg last week at his farm north of town. While the injury was not serious never-ihe-less it was very painful and should be a warning to boys and hunters to be mighty careful where they are shooting. Mr. Hansen reports re-ports that small boys with guns are hunting frequently in the old creek and bullets are often . shot in the direction of their home. He has appealed ap-pealed to the officers to give them some protection from this danger. o Fourth Ward To Present .'Putting It Over'1 The scene cf the play is laid in Arizona at the. time the Yuba 'Ham was built. Ilrown the engineer in charge of the dam, disappears when it ' seems the construction will be ruined by graft and inefficiency. Stewart from whom Brown stole the nlnna and who looks exactly like Brown is down and out and breaks in to steal. Every one mistakes Stewart fnr Rmwrf and when he finds what a mess the first engineer made of the Job Stewart determines to assume the masquerade and see It through, he battles with graft, nearly loses the girl he loves and has ii thoroughly exciting ex-citing time. The characters are well taken by a carefully selected cast consisting of: Laura Timpson, Mary Pulley, Leah Chadwick. Bert Chrlstensen. James M. Grant, Adolphus Pulley, James, Spencer, Spen-cer, Jr.. and Bert Timpson. Specialties will be given, between acts o Parnt..Tpftchers Election and social Nert Friday evening, December 11th. at the high school an" important meeting of the Parent-Teachers As sociation will be held commencing at g o'clock. The officers for the ensur ing year will be elected and In addi tion several program numbers under the direction of the teachers will be given. Following tie election and program a dancing party will be held in the umiMsium, and . Pie will be served. The "'refreshment committee is comprised com-prised of Mrs. Willi"" Bromley; Mrs. Lloyd Adamson, Mrs. Mary J. Cunningham, Cunn-ingham, and Mrs. B. N. Chrlstensen. o Mies Helen Myers olPBalt Lake City, Is spending the weei-nna nere with her psrents, W. Myers. Mr. and Mrs. J. Fvfrids Will Not Permit r Another School Bus From Alpine and Highland A committee from, the Parent-Teacht'rs Parent-Teacht'rs Association, of Alpine, met with the Board of Education of this school district Tuesday afternoon iu the Boards regular .session, for' the purpose of reporting the objections the association has to the recent JchanRe made in the transportation schedule. The commltteecalled the Board attention to the fact that In order for the truck to make a second trip to pick up the Highland students. It necessitated the truck leaving Al- pine at 7:30 a. m. instead of the viotts time of 7:45 a. m. thus working a hardship on both parents and students stu-dents alike. They pointed out further furth-er that the students were considerably considera-bly later in arriving home in the evening, thus handicapping parents and children in performing the necessary duties at home. The committee com-mittee then recommended to the Board that another truck be purchased purchas-ed for the Highland situation which would permit the orig'inal schedule to be restored. k - I The Board answered the committee, setting forth their reasons for such a change stating that the present budget would not permit the employment employ-ment of another truck this year and that should such a change be brought about other sections of the district, equally as handicapped, or mors so than Alpine, would perhaps make the same request thus necessitating the placement of three or four more busses throughout the district. This would run the transportation item on the budget into thousands of dollars more. After thoroughly discussing the matter pro and con the committee a4 Journed and left the Board to deliberate deliber-ate on the matter. The decision of the school officials was that the plan previously adopted for the transporting transport-ing of the Highland and Alpine students stu-dents to the American Fork schools be maintained on account of no fundi being provided in this year's budget which would finance such a change. First and Third Ward Sunday Night Programs The meetings in the four wards Sunday night will be under the direction di-rection of the Mutual Improvement Associations of each ward. The following fol-lowing programs have been prepared in the First and Third wards: FIRST WARD Vocal solo Miss ' Iris Evans Reading High school student Talk Miss Reva Wagstaff, returned return-ed missionary from Southern States Talk Kmmett Hayes of Pleasant Grove, returned missionary from Germany THIRD WARD Reading Miss Ilessie Newman, Pleasant Grove Vocal duet Mary Mitchell and Zel- da Nelson, Pleasant Grove Two selections Prof. Charles Hopkins Hop-kins and two sons, of Iehi Piano solo Helen Moffett Solo Margaret Green Reading Mrs. Walter Devey Talk Elder Hebor Webb, returned missionary, of Lent . O ; Zabriskie-Hand Nuptials Wednesday in the Salt Lake temple Miss Zella Zabriskie of this city, and Mr. Merrill Hand of Sandy. wre hunited in marriage. The bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. 2a briskie and for the past two years has been cashier in the local J. C, Penney store. Mr. Hand, the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Hand, is a barber of Sandy. Both are well known in their respective cities and are being made the recipients of numerous congratulations con-gratulations and best wishes. Mrs, Hand will continue her present position posi-tion until early spring. o Brown-Howes Marriage Miss Louise Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. Brown of this crty.was married Monday, November SOth, in Salt Lake City to Mr. Wilson R. Howes of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Howes are receiving the best of wishes of their" ' many friends for much haDDiness. . They will make their home in American Fork for the present. In honor of the young couplo a wedding reception will be held tonight to-night at "the home of the brldo' parents. -Invitations numbering fifty having been issued. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Parker are the proud parents of a baby boy, born Sunday. Mrs. Parker, formerly Miss Alice Searle, and the new arrival ar doing splendidly. Professor of B. Y. U. Praises American Fork Citizen The following letter from H. R Merrill, chairman of the Brlgham Young University, publicity commit tee, is, a little boost for the local papers. Since Prof. Merrill receives most of the papers of- the state he l Iu a position to Judge the papers better than most people. Provo.. Utah, November 30. 1S25. Mr. a.; F. Galsford. Editor American Fork Citizen, ' -American Fork Utah. Hear Mr. Galsford: Your paper of Novetnper 28 has Just pre-''11"' ,0 m' l,'sk. I couldn't resist I temptation to pause a moment to tell you how fine I think It is. I have-seen few sheets in I'tah with more local Items, always an iudex to the interest of the paper. Your Idea of running a combined paper is also a good one. Both towns are being well represented by your-paper. your-paper. I have taken this occasion to tell you this chiefly because we have some papers in Utah that do not featire local Items as they should be featured, fea-tured, from my point of view. Any time yoii are in Provo I shall be pleased to have you call on us here at the office. . Yours sincerely. H. R. MERRILL -0-L- Chipman Sedan Stolen Wednesday Wednesday afternoon between 2 and 3 o'clock the Nash sedan car of President S. L. Chipman was stblen In Salt Lake City. Mrs. Chipman and daughter, Mrs. Rulon Van Wagonen of Proyo, had motored to the city and parked the car for an hour in a conspicuous con-spicuous public place near the Z. C. M. I. Upon returning to the place they discovered the theft and Immed iately notified the police department. The car was practically . a new machine. Word was received by Pres. Chip-man Chip-man yesterday that the machine had been located on the outskirts of Salt Lake having been abandoned by Joy riders after the .gas supply.had ,been exhausted. o Fire Truck Occunies New Quarters Mayor Thomas Coddington and members of the city council met Monday morning at the new fire station and went over the building, Suggestions for several slight modi fications were made and the building accepted. There yet remains some painting work to be done before the comfort stations are ready for public use. The fire truck has been moved from its temporary quarters in the American Fork Motor building to th new quarters. .. : o- The faculty members of the high schools, .their partners and several other friends were entertained by Principal and Mrs. Jesse M. Walker at their home Wednesday night. Pro gressive Rook was the main feature of the evenlng's-.entertainment. An abundance of fall flowers were used in decorating the rooms. I Ate in the evening a dainty lunch was served to the following guests: Messrs. and Mesdarnes Earl " Holmstead, Lather Glddlngs. J. W. Phillips. Uo Sharpe, K. J. Bird, Eli J. Clayson, Jos. Searle, Wayne C. Booth, and L. R. Adamson, Misses Maudie Johnson, Pelores Wood, Afton Newell, and Leah Chadwick, Chad-wick, all of this city; Miss Myrtie Jensen of Provo; Miss Ruth South-wick South-wick of Pleasant Grove. Friday of last week at the home of Mrs. S. W. Chipman the members of the stake Relief Society Board together to-gether with several past offers of the stake organization were entertained. enter-tained. For the occasion the rooms were decorated with baskets and rases of beautiful chrysanthemums. The forepart of the afternoon was taken np in he consideration of business after which social activities were enjoyed, concluding with a de- (Icous lunch. Mrs. Annie C. Hlndley. president of the organization, who has moved to Salt Lake City, was presented with a beautiful down quilt, compliments of her co-workers. Those present were: Mrs. Annie C. Hlndley, Salt Lake, Mrs. Mlna Webb, Mrs. Mary A. Webb, Mrs, 8. I. Good win. Mr. RntH!a Gardner Mrs. Kate Allred and Mrs.. Emmal J Ilbbertii of Lehl; Mrs. Mary J. Cooper, Miss Amy Rosza, Mrs. Alvira Olpin and Mrs. Halliday of Pleasant Grove; Mes darnes J- E. Buckwalter, 8. U Chip-man, Chip-man, W. W. Hunter, Abe Gudmund-sen Gudmund-sen and Warren B. 8mith of Ameri can Fork. R. L. Ashby Reports Conditions As lie Found Them On Trip East After visiting fox ranches from coast to coast and seeing' what U; been done and what Is being done 1 am glad tor the opportunity th Citizen gives me to express a few Ideas of the industry as I have found it. Readers of the Citizen have already noted in a recent issue a cllppi'ig taken from a Charlottetown paper showng what the fox business means to' Prince Edward Island, a. business which has an annual tournjuvcr run-Ing run-Ing Into millions. The business as far as the United States is concerned is new and has not reached the staple conditions that prevail in Eastern Canada where fox farming is common; where nearly every farmer has a few pair of foxes, Just as he has a few hogs, hens and cows, where every year he has a few choice animals tor sale which bring him in more money than all the rest of his farm operations. For there are a number of large concerns always anxious to buy all the good quality animals they can get. I found the supply of good quality animals not equal to the demand, and also that the supply is less This year than last as .compared, to the demand with a corresponding increase in prices. I found that only the inferior animals were being killed for their pelts, that the top grade animals brought almost any price up to three thousand dollars dol-lars per pair, and in softie cases even five thousand was paid for an individual individ-ual fox. 1 found that many of the foxes that had been sent to the states . in the past had not been of the best quality and that the -Canadian , government was awakentng to the realization that this was hurting the business, and they are taking every precaution possible pos-sible to stop all such business. I found the Canadian' livestock " Inspectors very anxious to assist a buyer In any way. possible to get what he was pay ing for, and I certainly took advantage of this fact and secured two separate ones to go over the lot I purchased and pass upon their quality. In each case they were loud in their praise of the animals secured by me, each making the statement that one could go throughout the United tSates and Canada and not find a herd of foxes where the standard of Quality was. so uniformly high, also that any fox farmer in the world might well be proud to own such a bunch, and there being no bunches bettor if equal to these, they said. I want to add right here that of the ranches that I have seen, and I have seen most of the best of the land, the ranches situated In Utah rank first. In other words Utah Is getting some of the choicest animals to be found In the world. This Is not merely my own opinion but Is the sentiment of the large dealers and shippers, who know what Utah Is getting. I would like to brag Just a little more on Utah and American Fork. While In New York City I spent some time among egg dealers and I want to tell you some of the good things they told me about Utah eggs. The firm that has been handling the Poultry Producers eggs up until lust summer are very loud in their praise of the Utah eggs, especially those from this district. , Also a number of other dealers told me there Is something some-thing about the Utah quality which cannot be surpassed, if equaled, any where In the country. They have been able to sell Utah eggs as high as 2c above New Jersey and nearby hennery whites. And that was going some for eggs shipped from such a distant point In conclusion' I wish to slate that I found an entirely different feeling In the world regarding Utah and the Mormons than that which prevailed twenty years ago. I find the sentiment senti-ment quite favorably everywhere Ii went, and that the tenets of the Lat ter-day Saints are working. their way into the lives of the people of the country unbeknown to them. , I am proud of our. great country and glad ,tn .be. from . Utah.'. ',ZZ"'. 'i., - R. L. ASIIT1Y. Mr. and - Mrs. Irven Sorenson announce an-nounce the birth of a baby girl born November 25th. Mrs,- Sorenson was formerly Miss Golds city. Beck of this Basketball Season To Open Here Saturday For the past week or so thirteen of the high school boys have been practicing regularly in the school gymnasium to get in trim for the approaching ap-proaching basket ball season. "A series of pre-season games will be played before the official league games commence, A team from the local school left for Nephi Friday afternoon hnd a game was played there last night. Next ' Saturday, December 12th.- a practice game will be played at Provo. On December 18th the local team will play Spring vllle high school and on Christmas Eve, December 24th, the 8pringvllle high school will meet the local squid here. t Saturday, today, the coaches and principals of the high schools of the county will meet at Provo and draw up the league schedule for the 1925-26 1925-26 basket jball season, which will . open somewhere around January 8th. The most likely players from which " the main team of the American Fork high school will be picked are Leo Searle, James Moffett, Lucian Cran- dall, John VarneyT Earl " McTague" Stanford Wild, Kenneth Miller, Bud Walker, Boe Fulmer, Howard Kelley, James Adamson, George Clark, Kenneth Ken-neth Robinson. o Dr. Houston Has Unusual Skin Grafting Case A case of skin grafting on 'the leg of Merlin, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. McGrew performed,' Thursday morning at Salt Lake CltybyDr. V. F. Houston caused considerable interest in-terest among the specialists and urgeons of that city who witnessed tha operation. Dr. Houston has handled several grafting cases while in the state and has had such won derful results that the professional men aret beginning to recognize him as a specialist along this line. The McGrew lad was bftrned late last summer on the leg and the wound failed to heal. Dr. Houston had been preparing the wound for grafting for several weeks. Robinson Infant Funeral Today Stanley Douglas, 10 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Robin-Bon Robin-Bon died at the family residence , in the 4th Ward Thursday following., an Illness of three weeks. The child wai born in American Fork and Is sur- visled by his parents, one brother and three sisters. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock In the Fourth Ward chapel " o- - j- Firemen Start Annual Yuletide Activities With Santa Claus' annual visit but three weeks away the bustle and Jostle of Christmas shopping,:, gift preparation and plans for the Yule- tide holidays already permeates the atmosphere. The-kiddies, in-gleeful anticipation of the goodies and Joys that the holidays bring are already anxiously scanning the windows and holiday booths of the stores. To add to the home Joys attendant at thiw time of the year comes the plans of the American Fork firemen for a bigger and mor elaborate Com. munity Christmas tree, the second annual tree sponsored by this big hearted organization. The firemen last year put over in a most successful success-ful manner a Community Christmas Tree whereat each child of the city present at the specified hour recelived a bagful of candy,, popcorn and nuts an orange and a small toy, some one-thousand one-thousand being distributed. ' This year thfl fire laddies will repeat i. . . , . wij ii cm huu tree, ana mere are whispers of another treat of some kind. . ..- .... In order to finance this undertake ing the firemen are diligently re-rearsing re-rearsing a colored minstrel which -fll.TJnrjiiear future and which the public will be asked to" support There is no doubt tout the Community tree of -last year added greatly to) the festive spirit in - this city and a replUUon will be possible if the firemen are gliven the jproper support, " . - , . . - t |
