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Show SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1927 AMERICAN", FORK CITIZEN SATURDAY? 'JANUARY 22. : 1927 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Offiee -Alpine Pablkbing Company BoildHig---Phone 85 . , - A PROORESSITE; INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION Entered ia the Post Office at Anwieii Fork, Utah, as second-cl.- -... . .matter. , ': ... - Subscription rates, $2.50 per year in advance. ' ' Advertisement rates: Display, 30. cents a column inch. Le?al notices and readers, legal rat of 10 cents per eight-point line per in sertion. Want ads. Kate 2 cents per word each insertion. Payment "ionst accompany advertisement. ;' -. -'- ui-TJ... , F. GAISFORD. JR. JEHTOR A COMMUNITY TEST At the close of the year, when business men, merchants and ac countants are checking up the year's losses and gains, is it not a good --.tne to take an inventtory oi ourselves in reiauoftjo.wnai we., nave done for our community T It is so easy to criticize others, including public officials as well j ' as leaders in a non-official,. yet highly important, phases of civic work. For be it from the editor of this paper, to cteim, exejnptionjfrom I j the test. Each one of us should ask thesesf-dlrected and j c profit by the astounding results shown up on the wrong side the red ink side of the community ledger., Here is the test: During 1926 what have I done to help this city, my community f How many meetings in relation to civic problems have I attend' . edt If my auswer is that I have not been asked to attend such meetings, meet-ings, still my alibi is not complete. For why have I not placed myself in position to be asked T ITnur manv ftnnimitooa havo T BorvaA An in hfIn mv hnmTnnnStV or its churches, schools, charities, or its civic, eommercial and ; in-j U Have I stood on the street corner and enticjzed, or have I aided in the construction and in the discussion of problems to help bring about remedies for my town s conditions t . :. . Have I -"kicked" about certain c'ivlc leaders and officials and, then ntsAtemtinMJ.Acemcdl i?.::.d .-tri Have I really understood, or have I honestly tried to understand what this city is facing in regard to its future growth and the proB-jj r wm l n sA ym n f ' .' v.. - . ill 7 - .- ' f . - : 1 ? 1LI ill " ?".:a8.t '"iCIisvrolet Reaches ., .aside so much for your table . . so much for fuel and light . . for rent, clothes and amusement . . . and then, put : the balance" in a Savings Account with your It perity and happiness of its people tT In short, have I cared f Have' I cleaned the rubbish off my own lot before -criticizing my neighbor for not cleaning his? Have I had the spirit of calmness,; the quality of civic-minded ness. the Hove and charTFvlTco ; ; Have 1 seen any higher than my own counter, or looked any lamer than the curbstone m front of my plaee of business? Have x realized that, comparatively speaking, a few : men and women of my community have actually supported it in a civic way,; while 1 have not done my full duty nor contributed my full share? I u7 iwwy Deen ' staying in tn.f town," OB Bave I been lmng g local Bank, It's the easiest way of living within your means and still have a "comfort-able "comfort-able margin for a "rainy day." Yes, it's the easiest way of Learning to Save! " Dank of American Fork if A STRONG BANK citizens ? Have I as a business riran In the community been1 lieing back and letting the other business men in the town do all thl advertising and 1 not doing any advertising to stimulate business, but relied upon my " neighbors to doatalLand I reap theJbenefits of their efforts to bring the trade to the city? ""u lvu "V t uooauujf lor uie communiiy mis chairman of the general committe. . ucn car i . Here is the community test, a real test' of citizenship. How many oi us can make a satisfactory passing grade Bj Y. U. Leadership - Week Program Eeady Provo," Jan, 18.' Programs for Leadership Week are practically com COMMUNITY SUICIDE and as was predicted earlier, Mr. Nelson says, they promise to k the best ever offered. The hearty coop. eratloa of the general church auth. orltles, and the whole-souled support ot the. Board ot Trustees and faculty were represented last year, and the representation this year promises to be as good. r""-One--of the strangest, pheppmejajwitnessed in most towns and Lf the lnsUtuUon" have combined to small cities is the apparent eagerness with which many otherwise lassembla'aa "unuiuai "program." gooa ciuzens conirioute to tne tendency-to , commit community m.' ... . V . i . r-,' ' . meats of education In which leaders These citizens will often show uncommon zeal in boosting any ot ot tater.moaaum region will dUcus. Important pha.es " muMiiin, w kiuic uuih-t fuui-oiiuiiai xaruiwr!,, ana so on. Yet jeV0 will deliberately engage ml a prac- ta world", there will be -i. "u".'"co " luc,r wi-wwiw, lauuanie euons-ana wonaer B unsuaii, mteresUng aseembUes, -Wlfl.rV----K 1 five recreational periods, and are t Thenormous growth, of the mail order habit Inwcent years is . , Deakeri at aatembl will to .Ui-fTolv .anB5Ki w, , J:iS. ' speasers at assemmy win in. nrn. wlil. .tMi ,io. i..ij i.: mv I elude Superintendent Adam S. Ban- , Ti, uT v i. i. "vuu mwj pviwiuie. Aueinionkand Dr. John A. WWsoe. who : w"vy yuuv y yo nuuie ir tue vxpauxion oi local iraae Less Sheep and Lambs On Feedanuary 1, 1927 There were about 365,000 or 8 per cent less lambs and sheep on feed for market on January 1, 1927, than on. January 1, 1926, In the principal feeding, states according to the estl. mate of the Department of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. .The.number this. year, was 251,000 compared to the revised estl. mate of 4,616,000 one- year ago. 1 belt states. All of these states had Increased numbers except Nebraska and South Dakota,' Nebraska had decrease of around 200,000 bead. The decrease was In the Bcotts Bluff and Central Platte Valley feeding areas, there being an increase In the east. ern part of the states.- The largest increases were la Iowa, Michigan and Illinois. - - There was a decrease of 657,000 head In the western states. Colorado bad only about Jialf as many on feed this year as last; 730,000 compared with '1,475.000. There were alao ereases ot about 45.000 head In Wto J mlng and 60,000 la Idaho.. All of the other western states had more on, feed than last '''ifialrrthrblscesiIn- crease being "MH0Tliei4TlB Montana. - While estimated decreases In sum. bars on feed. January 1. this year la- lambs during the I months January to May, 1927, compared to 1928, the distribution of 'the supplies Indicates Increased marketings during the frst half of the period and decreased sup. piles during the second belt V Cattla On Teed January 1, 1927. -1 Thf number jLcttl jWL,leei Jor market In the 11 corn belt states was ? per cent smaller on January 1, 1917 than on (January 1, 1926, according to the estimates of the XJ. 8. Deparu ment of Agriculture. The decrease was largely In the states west of the Missouri River. The states east ef the Missouri Rivet, had only a Small decrease from last year. in the far western , states there Three Millionth Car Marking , the latest spectacular achievement in Its history as the world's largest builder of threejpeed transmission cars, the Chevrolet mo. tor Company today, announces V the production of its .000,000th car. The epoch .marking model, which happened happen-ed to b a coach, was driven off the production line at the Flint plant by W, 8. Knudsen, president of th Chevrolet Motor Company. The first passenger was C, P. Barth, Ttce.presL dent in charg, of production. Finished In St James and fashionably striped fn Pistache green, the milestone ear gashed oil :..?s!Uo.lMJW-:.wfth.j:..sqareeiy more formality than attended -the dv buti of number 1,000,001, which foL lowed sine seconds jater. Immediatelj after the final In. Pttoi Jllr. aTiio stepyrt thj sfiirtMr moTttuT prtaceiy""i000th car ourred swsy to gfVe room to the long line of sedans, coaches, roadsters, road-sters, etc.,, that were moving up with clocklike precision to the flnaTin7 sectlon post . l U .. ,.1' Equipped with balloon Ures, steel disc wheels, one.plece fullNcrown fender sbttlletpe,liead. lamps, streamline, beaded Fisher ' body and other improvements. iacorporated this year,- the coach displayed a dls. " tlnct advance over its'- most lllustri. ous predecessor, the 2,000,000th Chevrolet. ,.. .. The 2,000,000th-Tnoder ; Waa built sfter 14 years of production and the ' 1,000,000 only 14 months later, an lndfcatlon of the rapid growth of (he units a year. were about 25,000 head Or per cent! company, which now has producUou worw csiue on ieea man on January ttciiities prepared to build 1,000,000 i, izo. inis increase was due to aa Increase of about 60,000 head in Olo. rado and a considerable Increase in Wyoming.- Most of iha other" western states had small decreases. ' In addl. lion very 'considerable increases, in cake feeding In Texas are reported. When men show their colors you see only yellow streaks.. The famous criminal lawyer had won a shockingly bad case by elo. quence and trickery, and" a rival lawyer said to him bitterly: "Is there any case so low, so foul, so vilely crooked and . shameful that you'd refuse it?" ' ' "Well," I dont know."' answered the other with a smile, "What have you been doing nowT" -.-Knowledge. jan4.wlsdom. majrbe related but it's no more than an In. law relation.) ' - . Faulty " Elimination SwuldBeCorreeted-Oooil Elimination UEumtial to Good Health. rfytn would be well, see to your elimination. Faulty kidney action ac-tion permits toxic material to remain re-main in the blood and upeet the whole system. Then, one is apt to . have a tired, languid feeling and, and often some insularity of secretions, such as scanty or burning burn-ing passages. More and more people are acclaiming the value of Doan' Pill; a stimulant diuretic, in this condition. For more than forty yean Domn'a have been winning fa vor the ' country over. Aak your neighbor! DOAN'S - - Stimulant Diuretic to thm KUnty rMw-UUtmra Ox. Ufa. CbenL Buffalo. N. T. and industry is sent away to distance cities never to return. This will speak ot Monday,- members of ' nil. in i.iiiiii i-ii v i BBsnaBi nr t n a vtbfit TAMiAna aiAni a. i ii of l(aHride S the Honorable . . . r. . . I Mtt. tT W.ltln anil ' Prnf.unr -t . rn.8 favmg here and there, usually, more imaginary than YouTa of T. Tjnivertty real, is sufflc ent to cause th a.virara eiti f- K5- jn. M i.'J"" Toung of the unpersuy cuuuumuiy ana 10 mmseii. wnicn u Derrormpd wnnM m-n J." ill - l. l ' . I n. uiwuIIaikI rrtnA in th i iiii ii I rni'i inn f 1 1 inrii nnuTurnv msn ail h. u . : ir . . ,u v mwihm ,v.ot " - put tojrether. . . ' . afternoon, ot each day will be con. Why boost m one direction, while committing nnrnmnnitv dutte,i ' Wllm Jeppson. Claud in another t Cornwall W. O. Robinson, and others. The evening programs will begin P.VftT.TTfPTfYM'9 with a B. Y. U. Concert band oon- "These payroll bandiu seem to he a resourceful bunch. The papers tell w of one in (Memphis who followed a payroll on a bicycle, held . up the driver of the car, -and drove away with the car and $1,900. in cash. Next we expect to hear of one running down a Rolls-Royce with a kiddy kar and getting away with a nifty, bit of change. 3e feel that it is up to the business people to do their buyingTn r therMty in .wbiuh theylive as well as to keep everlasting agitatin" the slogan for others to luy. at home. 1 - Raising Of Family Cost Increasing Presfdent D. A. Fowler of the Utah 'duration Association calls attention to a dlscusalonl'nalrent.aumberof the Monthly Labor Review ori the cost of bringing up a child. The article contains the following Interesting and suggestive tabulation to show the average cost of rearing a child to the age of eighteen years;, Cost of being born 250 ' Food' 2,600 . Oothiiit:':.lsbelierWC m rCducatlon, minor ite.ms. ineUy Individual family purse 50 284 130 G4 - 670 Health Recreation Insurance Sundries ... Total cost to family... 47.238 Education, major 3 items, ' cost of schooling provided by the. community commun-ity $1,100 Purebred Cows Lead In a study ot 48,000 Individual pro. ductlon records ot dairy cows, a com. parison was made ofjmrebreds and grades of the jsme. breed. The grades averaged 6,999 pounds ef milk a year per cow, whereas purebreds exceeded this amount by,668 pounds, or about 10 per cent In production of batter- fat, gross income per cow, and in. comever cost of feed; the purebreds exclffled the grades by about 10 per ccnC It should be remembered also that the average productioa of the. mles-was so high .largely because of the iafluence of their purebred " en. cestiy. Story of Amtrica The first account of the new world In Spnnih, the "Sums de Geografta" Complete Geography was published pub-lished In Spain In 1M9. Its author was -Martin Fernandez de Eucluco, who went to Ann rU n wlih Hastldas In 1500. cert In which Professor Robert Bauer and his organization will be-assisted by the University Club Male Chorus', a chorus made up of more than fifty voices selected from among the best singers ot Provo, This Concert will be held Monday evening in the Utah Stake tabernacle. - Tuesday evening the annual Getacqualnted.WUh.ybur neighbor-ball will be held In the Ladles Gymnasium -- ' . ''Old Man Minlck."" fedna Ferber's great plarr will br staged Wednesday evening for the entertainment ot the visitors. This play was . produced! some time ago by the university play, ers and .was pronounced one of the best the dramatic art department has ever offered. On Thursday evening a vocal concert con-cert will be given on the progrum of which the university choruses as well as many soloists and ensemble groups will appear. This concert will' be and. cr, the direction of the music depart-m depart-m ent - On Friday- evening", Brlgham Toung university will play .basketball with:the Universirjrof Utah." In addition to the' evening programs a number -of afternoon -programs of various natures will be offered to those who do not care to participate n . the recreational t hour. Included among these will be a concert by the B. Y. U. concert orchestra. A wide enrollment Is expected this rear, Director Nelson said, in discuss.: ing the program. Seventy-two stakes A Demonstration of this quality machine will be a.reYlation to you: The greatest machine on the iaarkej; today. Wonderful reproduction, distance and quality tone. Let us demonstrate it in your home. 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