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Show 1-1' I Y TOL.XIV AMERICAN FORK, UTAI1, SaVuiu.AY, Al'KIL 3, 192G NUSIBEU 0 City Beautification I'M To De Carried Through CITY CLEANUP PLANS WAY. ARBOR ANNUAL uAW IN"6" " y APPRIL 15TH, TO BE CITY HOLIDAY. ... vwi Hansen put the JSon squarely before the Amer-Beautification Amer-Beautification committee evening as to whether Oils Th to with draw a. one of SIJ monstratlon citie- or desired tue te work there w.. a Laitesndunamloui answer. llne it was-"We Must Con, ,1 and rui The City Over as elation City Beautiful",. V . . In He stated the "Campaign For Better Homes In America" lew Library Board Meets and Organizes America has justly been called a home loving nation. The home like the church and school has been rec ognized as one of the most fundamen tai of our human institutions. Like the church and school the home Is effected by changing conditions. To insure the most wholesome develope ment in the home organized educa tional work is necessary. Better a .Homes in America was established to undertake this educational activity. Better Homes in America is an educational institution for public ,service instituted in 1922 by Mrs. William Brown Meloney, it was organized or-ganized with Herbert Hoover, secre. tary of commerce as Its president. The aim of Better, Homes in Ameri ca Is to make convenient, attractive and wholesome homes aecessiable to all American families. The means to; this end are educational publications.' better homes demonstrations and re j search. In each of these undertakings' Better Homes in America in Washington D. C. This office is sues publication 'and conducts research, re-search, demonstrations are conducted - Tames o- " f the meeting. Tole of the meeting! was to arrive to the wor aml assure v- H cited the acheivements our city Wined ,n the past and express-.... express-.... .ininn that we can put this :v7ment over even thoughjt i. job gDd i'U need the united effort ef-fort of every citizen. He lo reported that a check had been made on the trees planted Jast ear and a number was found to have Ld, The ' committee recommended that the city take the initiative in purchasing the trees for replanting, j b. Chadwick, Mayor Grant and fnh Payne were selected as a committee to make a check of- the dead .trees and purchase those neces. ntj for replacement. Prof. Hansen in opening his remarks re-marks cruized us for not more completely com-pletely organizing the city and various vari-ous organizations in the beautification work. H felt the plan had not been worked Just right and suggested that tie church take up the work ana an church organizations be enlisted in &9 work along with ladies clubs of the city and civic organizations. It k the work of every citizen, he said Public grounds, streets and individual homes must be beautified before the work will be complete. -He reported that Sprlngville and Nephi had both asked to become demonstration cities and under con. ditions they are to be accepted. These can be handled along with American Fork. As a comparison of what other cities are doing Prof, Hansen stated that at Vernal 1050 people turned out to a meeting there during the plann, irig and education work in - putting Ter the work in that city. Smith-Held Smith-Held ig completely "sold", on the proposition and results' are being already seen there of the onlted efforts. ef-forts. Pointing to the motto, "HI do the thing that ought to be done, when it ought to be done, whether I like it or not" he said, adopt-that motto, copy it and take it home with TOS. . During his discorse Prof- Hansen psid the L n S rhnrch a compll. ment for its complete organization and stated that it was this that was totting Utah ahead of every other tate in the union in the beautifica tion work. This is already an organ ization and when it gets behind a movement it coos over, he said. The committee members present "feed, with Prof. Hansen and will go forth with tin. The annual city 'clean-up will re vive the support of the entire com mittee. Dcfinate plans for the work the city wu take on a new, clean feasant Grove Second warn w.u pre PPninee along wRh nature.- About? sent Shakespeare s 'Taming of the me program as was followed .Shrew" in tne American year will h t naole on Tuesuay evemug, Respondifng to a call from Mayor Grant for the rmrrirvi nt nrnnin. tiou, the members of the hew public library board, Thomaa L. Cod. dington, J I,. Flnnage, J.E. Chadwick. Uoyd B. Adamson, Mrs. , Robert,, U Ashby and Mrs. Clarence A Grant met Monday night at, the library George F. Shelley, city recorder, was present by invitation. Mayor Grant was elected temporary chairman and Mrs. C. A. Grant tem-i porary. secretary after which the j members proceeded to choose by baL j lot, according to law, the term of i Cobblestone Bear Breaks Away Twice In Week leuuy , ' the Cobblestone bear, featured within three days, in two thrilling episodes. This bruin, for all of his sleepy appearance, has something some-thing of Htiudini's cleverness in him, and. with almost .human skill has managed to extrtcate himself from the leather harness which passes uround'hls body and neeki Friday afternoon it was discovered ofiice -each will hold on the .board. The !,nat "T(,d" was loose. Jack Varney, result was as fallows: J. U Firmage j(,"bblestono station manager, looked and Mrs C. A. Grant, 0-year terms; UP 10 ee the bruin standing with his Thomas 1.. Coddingtoii and Mrs. R. L.'r0,u Pawa pressed against the out- Ashby, 4-ear terms; J. K. .Chadwick Bi(1 of the window. "Ted" was then and I.. B. Adamson. 2-year terms. Permanent officers of the organiza tion were then elected ; Thomaa U jCoddingtrm,-'" president; Mrs. C. ,' A. Grant, secretary; Uoyd B. Adamson, treasurer. Mr, Coddington at this point took charge of the meeting and the following committees were- appointed. ap-pointed. ; cooperate M R , , , hby chairman: wun otner civic agencies tor every jjj0V(j i5 interest held in common. i'Pn( , uiaui, The movement is nation wide in! Bcope its national headquarters arc Adamson and Mrs. C. A. Publicity Committee: Mrs. C. A. Grant, chairman; (J. E. Chadwick and Thomas L. Coddington. House and Grounds Committee: J. E. Chadwick, chairman; Mayor entirely by volentary local committies Grant and j j,,' Firmage. tin cities, towns, and rural communi-l The urg(,ut nctessity 0f increasing 'ties all over the U. S. These com..the nUm)er 0f books in the library mittees are choosen and led ty cnair- wilhout increased expense to the city man appointed each year by national ,nSPUS8ed in detail, along with reporters. The work of this cam paign is publicity, lectures, discussion discus-sion meetings and exhibits. They work to illustrate the best the com. munity can put over in homes comfort, com-fort, convenience and beauty at the cost within the reach of families in moderate circumstances, All the local campaigns culminate in Better Homes Week April 25 to May 1, 1920. Our local committees are working to make this a worthwhile week. The program of which will appear in next weeks issue. jheld captive in one of the station ! rnnmj until n,.fnI...nf tw.l ...J.,A.I Though of an untroublesome nature, "Ted's" disposition became ruffled jwlien attempts were made to replace I the haryess. Before long, about thirty cars were parked about the station and a large group of people congregated to get in on the excitement. excite-ment. Marshal Durrant stood rendV with his revolver in case of emerg envy; Dr. Houston was summoned ith a view of calming 'Ted' with an anasthetic. Mayor Grant and mem. hers of the council were also on the scene. , The bear wus finally reduced to a state resembling passiveness and the harness was buckled on. ' Monday afternoon, whether to create excitement or bored with life in general, "Ted" again slipped his harness off. This time he remained !n his house and appeared to be willing to "let tne rest of the world Business People Petition Against Orem Spur ways and means of interesting those who are not natrons of the library in becoming regular visitors, drives for "e time oeing- nowever, wr. varney ana otners neamy taiiea First Ward Vaudeville Next Wednesday Next Wednesday night in the First ward chapel there will be presented a six act vaudeville. The proceeds will be used to assist in paying for the recent painting, etc. work done onjraeeliT,g tlme. the ward chapel. The' entertainment will include "The Obstinate Family", a one act play; a Swedish Dance", songs by Clarence Grant and Mrs. Detta Taylor, Tay-lor, "Dr. I Knockemdead", "Enter, tatnment in 1930" and several other numbers. The program will start at 8 o'clock and the admission fee 18 nommai The urogram ia" especially "spicy" and those in charge guarantee a laugh a minute. The various organ! zations of the ward are sponsoring each act and each declares they have the "hit" of the evening, -o r books etc. The most feasible plan proposed was the putting over In the near future of n entertainment announcements an-nouncements concerning which wilj be made later. A children's reading hour at the library was also given consideration but no action on thi3 project was taken due to the lateness of the hour. The Publicity Committee was author ized to draft plans for the entertain, ment and the Book Committee will investigate the feasibility of the Children's Reading hour. Upon the suggestion of Mayor Grant the House and Grounds Committee was authorized to have a suitable sign placed on the building. The fourth Thursday night of each mnnth was selected as tnc resumr Senior Hop Shakespeare Comedy To Be Presented "Under the auspices of the stake. M t- a Tinarit .thn M. I. A. players of I 0Ter- It is planned. o- Glen Storrs Gets J. C. Penney Store P.ln . . i Friday iRht for CaJr(i m,no,8 no nas ,wn app0lnted manager m Partner of nna nt .i.- t n r lev Rt ' ' 10' a timr. in , . . ... trBnf "e locai tor but was 5rr,-'Jtt flings, -Vyoming wpre he was mn. . ent , sw u,,lu Eureka St"8 W,U ta Und, h,"r" U,e c-blldren' are at. "-hnoi untu tte.. cl0Be of Ci,rn' lh"n wUoinlier huaband in Position 8 m 8UCCe8 ,n hU Mr. new at! 8 o'clocki The entertainment, which is free of charge, is given especially for the Mutual associations of, the four Amer ican Fork wards, but an invitation is extended-to the general public as well, . ' . The cast includes Lucile Paulson, Maurlne Bullock, Helen Swenson, Mary Foutz, Harold Nelson, Ward Clark, jBoyd Nelson, Ervlne Smith, VtrKil ' Peterson, Alfred Swenson, fthah 'enSFlSmWTtlaymbna Peterson andJean Paulson. Mrs. u. ''. Grua is fhe director. " . ; -i-o Tlcheti by th Million The company operating the omnibus lines Iri London Ihsucs about four million mil-lion tickets every duy. The number of tickets kept in stock Is about four hundred millions, and each ticket U stamped with a number.--;' 1 I' The annual dance given by the Senior class was held In the new gymnasium Friday night. The hall was beautifully decorated In white with the ceiling made to iav liuo waves Across the stage was written "Seniors" in red flowers. The twelve different colored spot lights, six on cither side of the hall transformed the hall into a m-9s of soft blended colors. The Bricnhold.Dastrup -orchestra of Provo furnished the musli. for the throng of hjippy young people and patrons. Much credit is due to James Moffctt, president, Doris ' Cunningham vice-president, vice-president, and a committee composed of Melba Barratt. Jeria Vfo Thomas, Marie Gudmundsen and sevens other energetic, class workers The hop was pronounce -I a !and success and was a credit t- the class of '26. o MISSIONARY RTTl'RNS HutfE to agree with "Ted" and attempted to replace the trusty harness. Honeyed tones, bits of bread, and other suggestions sug-gestions that he come out of his house sufficiently to be lassoed were met with puffl- Indifference or indigrant j snorts. Finally, hoWeVcf, ;ho tired of this sport and left his grounds by the rear door, namely down into the creek bed and on up the creek under the concrete bridge. With some 20 men in pursuit he was roped and returned re-turned to his quarters, a crestfallen hero. The harness was again buckled on, one notcn tignter, ana Teu re. turned to 'sleep, worn out by his Daily Dozen." The attention of the council was called to "Ted's" sleight of hand proclivity by a petition of neighbors requesting the council to take action In having the bear properly quartered or dlsoosed of. Acting on the re quest the council authorized Recorder Shelley to write the State Fish and Game Department asking that they make proper arrangements to remove or diSDOse of the bear before some Injury to children or citizens is done. : o Family Honors One of American Fork's Oldest Pioneers John Jacklin and daughter,, Alice and Mary Jane, Mr. and Mrs. Ray--JHcklin motored to Salt TAke City Thursday morning to nicer Miss Ellon Jacklin who has rectivea ner release from the Southern States mission after having laboring there for 'theirast 21 months. Miss Jacklin reports having enjoyea ncr sxperiences to the greatest cmci uu s glad" alWto-be at- w- . o Titled Poitoner The marquise de nm. ..f noiiMMitoa of her inheritance k,ed her father and other m of her family witn a u... Her crime was discovered and was executed In 1678. The 89th birthday of Mrs. SIna Nielsfcn, wife of C T. Nlelson, was celebrated by their family, grandchildren grand-children and other relatives to the number of 25 at their old home on the "East Bench. Their son Niels and wife gave a dinner in their honor, the house being decorated with Easier lillles and tho afternoon w-as enliven, ed by music and stories fit the early days of these worthy people. Many were the wishes expressed for tho return of many more celebrations of this worthy woman and her husband who settled on the East Bench in the year 1875. - Among those from out of town were their daughters Mrs. Hyrum Heiselt and Mrs David R. Brown, and Frank, Unard and Edna Jacobson of Salt Lake City ; Mr. and Mrs." Elmer Chadwick, Chad-wick, Mr. and Mrs, 01eCEristiansen of Pleasant Grove. ' ' O '" Married Folks. Dance Having several worthy "projects In, mind and lacking.ln finance the B. B. Ladles wfll give a married folks dance-next Friday night in the Apollo Hall. The regular prices, will be charged and - those In charge haVe engaged-good music and assure all a Jolly time. . A petition was presented to the city council at their regular session held Saturday night, signed, by Benjamin Bates, F. M. White, Mrs. C. M. Beck and 67 others petitioning the council to. refuse to grant to the Suit Lake and Utah Railroad company a tran. chiae for a spur into the Chipman Lumber yard property. The petition ers also gave a number of reasons why the railroad petition should not be granted The matter was taken under advisement and will be dls. cussed more fully, in the next session. Xnothcr petition presented was signed by Mrs. Samuel Grant, and several others asking the council to make proper disposition of the bear at the Cobbleston Service Station both for the safety of the publio as well as for the welfare of the animal. The recorder wag asked to write to D. H. Madson, state fish and game commissioner in relation to the matter, mat-ter, It being understood that the state Is the owner of the animal. The matter of installing water meters with all new connections was discussed and a resolution was Introduced In-troduced stating that all new installations installa-tions be metered and a charge of $7.50 be made against the property owner to cover the cost of installing, the city to stand the expense of the meter which is to remain the property of the city, also a minimum charge for meter service be fixed at $7,50. All residences and places of business at present receiving service Bhall be metered at as early a date as finances will premltl The public property committee re. ported that the fence on the south and east side of the City Camp Grounds had been completed and the property owners had stood the ex. pense of the labor.. A new sign will be made calling the attention of the tourists to the camp grounds. A complaint was made that the sidewalks near the Service Garage were being flocked by automobiles The affair was referred to the mar shal to remedy the condition. Attention was called to the grounds of the central park that the grounds had been seriously damaged by flooding flood-ing water and also that stray animals had access to the property and had tramped the new lawn. It was suggested sug-gested that the city officials pay par. tlcular attention to the city grounds with the view to avoid trouble that may arise. A committee of the city council re ported that they had visited the Salt Lake Traffic Department with the view to determine the kind of motor vehicle that would be best to be purchased for the use of the traffic officers. The new Ford with speeding attachments has been investigated and recommended as being suitable for our local needs. The police committee com-mittee was authorized to purchase a new Ford especially equipped for police work at the cost, less exchange on motorcycle, of $677.84. The monthly reports were read, accepted ac-cepted and the accompanying bills were allowed o County Stock Show To Start Wednesday Junior High School Opera ' Appreciated ByPublic The large number ot school patrons and citizens, who witnessed the opera . Cinderella" presented Wednesday by the Junior high achool were agreeably surprised at the talent displayed by the main characters and choruses. Many compliment! were heard for students and directors of the performance. Prof Bird was especially es-pecially mentioned for the work of his high school orchestra, which pliy. ed the accompaniment ' and special numbers, and for the splendid music work throughout the" opera. " Ernest Clarkston,- at tb? Prince, Melllsa Greenwod, as the Duchess. Francis Foster, m Tom Thumb and Maurlne Chamberlain, as the queen, all did exceptionally well. Other leading, lead-ing, characters who handled their parts in flnestyle": were: - Naomi Halllday as "Cinderella, "Martin Tid-well Tid-well as Belinda, Grace Taylor as Malinda Helen Bird as Fairy God-mother, God-mother, Ethel Brown as Yellow Witch, Afton Beck as Moonglow, and Elden Draper as King.' Other characters include Bluebeard and Wives, Little Girl with a Curl, Jack Frost, Sally Waters, Goldilocks, Giant, Raggedy Ann, , Three Bears, Father Time, Clock and Twelve Hours, Jack the Giant Killer. Chorus of Housemaids. Venders. Fairies. Ladles and Gentlemen of the Court. - . ., i, o Well Babies Conference To Be Held Final plans for the Utah County Stock Show, April 7, 8, 9 and 10, at Spanish Fork, are rapidly rounding out and have not been dampened by the present cold snap, which it is be lieved will be over before timeTor the stock Bhow. Communications are received every day from breeders who will have exhibits at the show. Dr. G. C. Taylor, manager,bas been notified by telegram that the Wis-, cpnsin breders will send two car toads of picked Holsteln dairy cattle for the show and for sale. Eastern breeders will also sendf one car load of Poll Hereford bulls for show and sale. Some of the finest cattle In Utah will ha on exhibition, the en tries have been noted In previous Issues of the Press. The show promise"-to' be several times larger than that of last year, . . o- '-j ii ' Firtt Technical Dictionary "The first English technical" dictionary diction-ary was published In' England In 1T04 by John Harris, an English clergyman and scientific writer. The work was entitled "Lexicon Technlcum." or a Universal English Dictionary of Arts. Another "Well Babies' conference will be held in the City Hall Wednesday. Wednes-day. April 7th, commencing "at 1 o'clock. o'-clock. AH' mothers of children of- preschool, pre-school, age are urged to bring the children and have them examined. 1 The committees are very anxious to get a report" ot all children in tha city who are not yet of school "age" and If there are any defects these can be corrected before they develope Into In-to something more serious. , The children examined at the last conference and have had the needed work taken care of, are requested to be present to give a report The children will be weighed," and measured and a through examination given also instructions beneficial in the rearing of children. i The rooms will be heated and' there will be no danger ot tye' children catching cold. ,v ; Air mothers and children are nrged to be in attendance.- : Animals Must Be Kept Off The Streets Many complaints have been sent In -to the mayor , and city council in re. gards to the number of stray animals on the streets In different narta of the city, Now that spring is coming and the gardens are being planted ft stray horse or cow that may1 venture Into a residence may cause consider able damage. Those people who have up until this time allowed their stock to be turned loose will be compelled to see that they are kept . on their own property. Any stray animals - found on the streets will, from this time on, be taken to the stray pen where the owner must pay a certain amount to have the animal released. The amount required will be determined by "the length of time the animal 'is kept in the pen, say city officials; o -i-' Priesthood Meetings Adjourn Fpr Summer lThe regular Monday night priest, hood meetings were brought to a close la the four, wards of this city., last Monday nlgbtl ;These meetings have been held " sine last ' October and are tilscotitinucd tmly through th - summer. They will again resume ; their meetings In -Oetobcr. ' , . Andy Jecksen't Loch ' One of the latest relic received by the Tennessee State museum Is an old-fashioned wood?n lock from one of the doors of the first honse occupied oc-cupied by Andrew Jackson wheiv He came to Tenneewe.- |