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Show V " ' O rt O 1 . . ' i VOL. XIV. ; AMERIGANTORK,' tfTAII; SATURDAY, 'ANUY- 29, 1927 NUMBER 49 istors Opposition To C03LCEE1 C.U1 TO XI ttSS-lEt. Annual Commercial Club License Election Toniglit M11M J (Id 111, ' "( -J i I leg Granting Billiard "I The pool hall question was again brought to the attention of tat city council. la.. the regular meeting last Saturdajr night when a committee consisting of Jamea H. Clarke, Jesse M. Walker, Lot Rubin sou and N, H. Helselt appeared and putioned the undOLpo pooi e mu in American Fork City.l These : gentlemen expressed their ) views of the matter and told why In their opinion a pool hall would not - prove"" advantageous to the city, in fact to the contrary. The council dis. cussed the question at tome length. finally ' taking the. matter under ad - vlsement. Mayor Grant renortut ta th munMi Hat a 'license had been issued te Donald Chlpman to operate one; card table la the city for which a license of $100 waa paid in .conformity with the ordinance recently passed. It was -reported alao that Mr. Chlpman had filed a S2SQ. caah boad whkh la also required by the ordinance. - The J resignation" filed with the council 'some weeks ; ago by Bishop . v Earl Greenwood In which he resigned 'his position aa city justice, was ae . cepted. and the appointment of Adolph lityelsenjtojfill (place was confirmed by the eoundl. Mr. Nielsen will assume office February Febru-ary 1st Li '2' ; ' A. M. Rice, Salt Lake repfeienta. live of the Ratin Laboratories of New i York, wrote to Mayor Grant stating that he was ready to proceed with the company's part In exterminating the rats from the city dump gronnda. Attorney Clarence Beck of Salt ' Lake, appeared before the city council stating he wished to withdraw the objection the Beck family had prerL ously registered to the proposed spur crossing Mala street from the Oram 'trades. TMa ., oblectkm was;; .Med through a petition signed by a num, her of property owners In that sec tion of the xltywlth the SUte UUM-ties UUM-ties Commission early last summer on tha rrounds that the street and ajointng property would be damaged. Atty. Beck stated to the cOUBCfl that he had Information on hand eon. earning a proposed egg plant which would be erected In American Fork should the proposed spur be built Because of this Attorney Beck stated the Beck family deaired to withdraw their objections to the proposed spur and urred the city to grant the Orem company . the right to build the spur. After considerable discussion the eouncil appointed a committee headed head-ed by, George. P. Shelley as chairman to IhTestlgate the proposition and re port "back to the eonnelL pttaiiii Reinodeling Some remodeling ' work Is being done oA the front Interior of Chfpman Mercantile Co. which when completed will glre added convenience to the departments involved In the remodel. In? program. Tor some time past the . need of larger quarter far the dry goods department has been felt and to meet this need' the shoe depart, ment which heretofore has been in the center front of the store will be mored farther back. - : " The partition , separating the shoe and-jxocery departments "heretofore has been partially removed.- The dry goods department and the clothing . department will take up the entire J- rfront,otthe JtoreTbescerjde partment will be on the east center of the building and the shoe department depart-ment on the west center. With minor changes the pther departments iwfll ttmIB1"BClana'"'T,A,''''"'' -- - - o - - First Ward To. Repeat Play "In accordance with numerous re. quests which hare come to the direc tors of the First ward Sunday School play and the manager of the Cameo Theatre "Here Comes The Bride, will be played again next Thursday night, February Jrd. in the Cameo Theatre. There will he no matinee. The play . was presented to acspa- cfty house last "week" and those who saw it were loud in their praises of the mirth provoking- production. The Play Is a three-act comedy .-packed full of humorous lines and .scenes. There will be specialties . between, acts, etc. Reserved seats will be on sale at Brlggs Pharmacy. The per. formance will commence at t o'clock. Valuable Snow Btonn -. - -. Received Here Wednes-day Wednes-day Night jJL-PiA..lIma. atvy-MftBkeV-Of f snow greeted the eyes of the people in this "aectioa Thursday morning when they, arose,. About six inches of real heavy anew had fallen and covered everything. Trees; wire and shrubbery ere bent and" laden with a mantle of whiteness. A gonre- jou8 snow scene presented itHolf 1 everywhere.' j The storm brought a' lot i of luols- tttrc aWtriage thr" tola! i'.'foV" the' nwntli and ; winter well up ' to the WrlgCTrepl American Fork canyon waa put out of commission by the storm and nore-pott nore-pott of the anowfall In the canyon has heea had as yet. Reports from canyon are that the storm waa so heavy and wet as to make traveling there unsafe. ' Qround Hog Day Nexted Next Wednesday If Old Sol peeps out from the clouds sufficiently to let Mr,. Ground Hog see lis shadow we're in for six weeks more of winter. 8o the old adage goea" Some say ITS th bear that cornea from bis winter's sleep to take a look at the ontaide world and some say it's the (round hog that ventures forth. In either case they are supposed to . become frightened at their shadow and return for a six week's snooze. More Books For., The Library " At a meeting of the Library Board Wednesday night the annual inWnai and book report of the library was read and accepted. According to the financial report the total receipts tor 1926 were 11323.95 while the total dis. bursements for the year were 11303.. 77 leaving a balance on hand January 1st, 1927 of $2018. The book report showed a total of 3974 volumes on hand at the end of the year 1926, with a total of 1706 borrower's cards In force. The total Circulation fpr the year waa 9606 of which amount 4823 were children's books and 4783 adults'. The average circulation per oax waa 34 pint. . The Book. Committee consisting of Mrs. R. L. Ashby, Lloyd B Adameon and Mrs. Clarence $C Grant was authorised to" preparr a list of books to be purchased for the library and to secure bids from various publishing publish-ing houses on the total number of booka The book committee alao 'an-ticipates 'an-ticipates purchasing a' large diction, ary. Tha matter of allowing the people of Highland the. priviledge of using the books la the library was taken up and left with Mayor James' Grant to confer with the elty attorney as to, what action would Je legal la this matter. Inasmuch as , the Highland people do not pay city taxes which support the' library the Board has been unable to grant their request thus far. '- . i During the year 1926 a total of til! voiumeewere aaaeo to ine ..mmimirm.JMTrWJUll majority of which were by donation . lnBtructlong wbIcll wlll be available from-prlvate libraries of American t0 tho8e wno do not nn(jerBtand how Fork people. The Board is satisfied- 0 ba,t ln thl ,etter that there are many volumes especIal.tMr uU ,e who ly of fiction that are of no use to the have their exterminator from owners ana wouia ne or jreat use au.h- hold U nntll next Wed. the library. The Board asks that people look over their books and re. port any they wish to donate, to the book committee. o '- . Lstake Elders Convention "Here Sunday Afternoon A"onventton fr 'all 'the elders' of" Alpine stake will be held la (he stake tabernacle Sunday (tomorrow), Jan. uary 30th. commencing at p., m. Apostle Melvln J. Ballard will be the speaker. As there are norciher meetings to conflict It is urged that all high councilors, bishops snd their counselors be In attendance. All members of the priesthood of the, stake sre Invited te be present ment plans the construction of a gigantic flood control and water stoN age dam to be financed from the sale of hydro-power it will make avail- ! Adoption by Congress of legists River. . , tion that has been favorably re Boulder Dam, according to legie ported out by committees in both Ution now pending in Congress, is Houses will authorize the construe to be self -financed and pre-hnanced. tion of the world's largest dam at The Swing-Johnson bill provides Boulder Canyon on the Colorado that the Government is not to make . ' River,, dispatches from Wsshington any expenditures on the dam antil . . point out ; the Secretary of the interior se- , Boulder Dam, as planned by en- cures sufficient contracts for power . gineers in the United Statfts Recla- and water from the dam toHrepay-4-'- mation Service and approved by the Government with interest ell - Secretary ot the Interior Hubert money spent in the construction Work, will be 550 feet high more and maintenance of the structure. . than twice as high as the highest More than fifteen billion dollars dam now in existence. in new industrial and agricultural : Planned primarily to protect Cat wealth will be created by the elec" ifornia and A r i a o n a territory trie power and water from Boulder against devastating Colorado River patn within ten years after its com floods. Boulder Dam, itj addition, pletion, it has been estimated by will create a site for tive develop- government purveys. ' This new f "rhenl of 1,000,000 horsepower" Cf wealth will return, from the South hydro-electric power. , ... west, more than $100,000,000 annu- . This colossal dam will create an ally in additional taxes to the Fed-' --artificial lake 80 miles longr and !30 eral Government, it has been point-" miles wide in the midst of the Great ed out v ; . ' American Desert Water from the Situated 150 miles south and west ' reservoir will be available for dom- of the Grand Canyon, the site of ' , sticr Dse by a large number of Boulder Dam is in that section of -. cities in Southern California, now the Colorado River which forms launching an aqueduct to bring the bdundary line between Nevada "them water from the Colorado and Arizona. , City and Property Owners Unite To Exterminate Ex-terminate Rats - Next Wednesday, February 2nd, A. M. Rice, Salt Lake representative ot the Ratin Laboratories of New York, will be in American Fort and at 4:30 in the afternoon will bait the city dumping grounds with Ratin, a rat exterminator. Th proposition of hav. ing this company exterminate the rats at the dump grounds was ac cepted recently by the city inasmuch as much 'complaint waa being recelv. ed from property ownera In -that viclnity. According to those residing la that section of the rfty the rats have Increased to the extent that jtbey are proving sr real menace especially to poultry raisers.' A number of these property owners placed orders for " the exterminator also and Mr. Rice has requested that on the same afternoon that he baits the' dumping grounds the property owners bait their grounds to make a united effort on the first "treatment which he states will be more effective. Mavor James M. Grant has recelv. nM. , -.v. ,n, nnt lt . wmw m v. w j VHWf a ST - - - " - when he baits the dump grounds. New Dentist To Practice "Here Dr. E. Allen Pearson will be associated as-sociated with Dr. Atlantic Christen, se n" in American Fork.-Dr.- Pearson-recently graduated from The North Western Dental School and comes here very well recommended and will be dis. tinct addition to our community. Dr. Pearson is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C Pearson who lived in Lehl a fow years ago,' Mr. Pearson being now the Superintendent of the : Brlgbam City Sugar factory. y X ' Dr. Iliddleton's Lecture On Lincoln Well Received The Illustrated lecture given ln the stake tabernacle by Dr. George W. Mlddleton tt Salt Xake City, Sunday night at the quarterly conference of the Mutual . Improvement Association, waa enjoyed by a large audience from all over the stake. The fact that Dr. Middleton'a listeners gave him7 undi. vlded attention bespeaks the Interest. ing manner In which he delivered It The life of Abraham Lincoln, the great martyred president of our country,, waa the theme of the lecture. The rugged beauty, of character, the rise from aa obscure country lad to the position of idolised leader of a great nation, interesting sidelights on the life of not only Lincoln but also his wife and family, and Utile details never gleaned from ' history . " books made up an hour's talk by Dr. Mid. dleton illustrated by pictures thrown on a scrcca.!'. . '-j. " . ; ? - u " ' " Dr. Mlddletoh'vislted the place In which Lincoln was born, and also the place in which "he made his struggle against almost- overwhelming odds for recognition, Weaving Interesting anecdotes and bits ot humor into Ills talk, DrMlddletbn ln keeping the attention of his listen. Miss Florence Priday rendered -m lolln selection during ' the " evening and the meeting concluded with the singing of "The Flag Without a Stain-by Stain-by Mrs. Q IC. Young, the congregation joining in the chorus." , o Daughters of Pioneers Meet Next weeK ' On next Thursday afternoon, Febr.' uary 3rd, in the city hall the Daughters Daught-ers of Pioneers- :wlll bold their regu. lar "monthly meeting commenclng-t 2:30 o'clock. A splendid program has been arranged, the officers state, and all members are tirged to be in attendance. atten-dance. '. v """"' O " 1 Optlmi$m m Po "Optimism Is sometimes a pose, and then It Is overdue. Professional etaeerfflln-! ihrlown. -, : The annual 'meeting of the AmerU can Fork. Commercial Club .will be held tonight (Saturday) In the Uub rooms, at which time the ballots of election ot officers will oe opened. At a meeting Wednesday night the noml. naUon-eommUte cX 4h-lub selected twenty, whose names were placed on a ballot a copy of which waa mailed to each member of the club. These ballots are to be marked and placed 1& the hands of the secretary, Eugene Nlcholes, prior to 7:30 p. m. tonight ! Of the twenty men listed on the ballot ten will be elected dlrec. tors. These ten will In- tura -hoose their prestdent and other, .officers:.;,.;. ; The twenty named, on the ballot are; Thoa. Coddlngton, Wm. Chlpman, OrArAttderiofirlr-K- Clarke,- 8;- Chlpman, Ben Moffett, IL 8. Rasmus, sett, 3, B. Chadwkk. Steve Shelley, A. F. Galsford. Ed. Taxman, Hans Chris, tensen, J. T. Gardner, J. L. Flrmsge, C. R-Toung. Sid Nlcholes, Jos. IL Blbrrsr J. B. Parker, John Myers and B. Nlcholes. - ' Basketball Dope The loss, the Cavemen of this city sustained at the' hands ot the Bull' dogs of Provo High reduced the local team from their position at the head of the Alpine division to tie with Provo High for second place. The game, which waa the first league de. teat the boys of American Fork had met with, was played la the- Provo high, gym Friday night ot last week. The Cavemen made a good begin, nlng and their prospects for winning appeared good but they slowly gave way to the onslaught of the Bulldogs, who plied up the score to a safe lead. The score- at halves stood 25.14 and at the end ot the game the score read RoMson, the lengthy center of the Provo team, was i responsible to 1 a great extent tor bit team winning the game, having the advantage ot being able to tip off the ball to his men over the heads ot his shorter oppon. ents. McTagueY stalwart forward for the home boys, played in feature style. He made 21 of the 32 points scored by the locals.----.r------- In the last Quarter several sub. statutes were used on both sides. The score: ' PROVO: 1 T O. T. F. P. Brown, If. i 0 0 1 Hoover, rf. 18 Robinson, e. 10 11 48 P. 23 Gee, Ig. Bullock, rf. . . Taylor, It BIddulph, yt 0 0 0 0 II T. I y -r-i:' 0 t 0 0 0 0 i 0 I F. t Martin, If. Ripple, ,Ig, , , , , Eggertaen, rg. Totals 1 Anv Fork: G. McTague, It ..........10 Miller, rt. ....v........ Walker, c wiide," ig. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Clartt, r. ,..;,V Fullmer;rrff Roblson, cJg. Moyle, rg. . . Webb. lg. .... 0 Totals- ir iafi 32 Referee, Brown; umpire, Taylor. Pleasant Grove's defeat ot the : B. Y. U. High In Provo Saturday night kept them at the top of the division The Pleasant Grove quint is picked for the winners of the Alpine division by many "dopesters . but the en thusiasm with .which .the high school students here awaited the game last night here ' between the Pleasant Grove team and the Cavemen speaks well tor the school. The students were behind the team to a man. The game was played too late to get in this Issue. " Lincoln walloped Lehl to the tune ot 30.15 the same night ' the Cavemen Cave-men playrd Provo. The score' W IC aicatlVe-oT the wtf time the Xlhcoln team had, the only period in-which the Lehl team had any chance being in the first quarter' after which the Uncolnltea piled up a safe lead, i American. Fork's next ' encounter on the home floor will be next Fri. day with the Lincoln teaam here. On February 11th the Cavemen play in Provo with the 8. T. H. 8,'' - ' To Determine Farmers' r Standing On Storage Plant ' ' Murray Sullivan,, representing the ; 1 Salt Lake and Utah railroad com. ipAny..awUh.4heommerelalub Friday night, Januaiy 21, and talked I over with them the y proposition Tot making a canvas of the farmers. In this vldnlty to obtain views on the proposed storage plant " In thie way the acreage ithe farmers intend plant. . Ing could be determined which would largely dettermlne the " advisability ; r of locating such a plant here.- J MrSnillvan -left - certain- printed -material which la to be placed In the farmer's handa. Jamea If, Clarke was : bureau and gat their attltudo on the ' i new Industry. ; j,; . ; j A committee consisting of Thos. Coddlngton, . G. A. Anderson, U, s E, Chadwick, C. E. Young, Ben Moffett, John Myers, J. B Parker, Wm. Chip, man , and Eugene .NHooles . was , ap. pointed to. nominate twenty members to be voted on at the annual election. "-Ilea's J , . ,. Easlictball Oainss Thursday sight ln the new gymnasium gymnas-ium the American 'Fork First ward M. Men's basketball team lost to tha local Third ward team by a score of 19J.0. The same night here Alpine and the Second ward played the Se. cond ward coming out victorious. The score was 22J8. ,' . The Third ward has not ltfst a a . ij-;sA:far. Next Thursday nlX American Fork Third and Eseond wards will play and the local Fourth ward and Alpine teams will play la the gymnasium. : JI the Third ward wins " the "game next" Thursday sight they have .the championship of the American Fork district ' If they lose " American Fork First and Third will be tied for first place. :vV, .. . The team standlngi " a - '.' " . . Lost Won Alpine t Am. Fork First I I Am. Fork Second . 1 . S Am. Fork Third ......... 0 I Am. Fork Fourth ........ I ' , , 4) The winners of the American Fork district will meet the winners of the Pleasant Grove and Lehl districts to determine the '' champions of Alpine stake.' r " .""" -"V: -v "' Primary Conference First ward Cunday ITisnt .. Primary conference will be held In the First ward 8unday night ' A' splendid program ' will be arranged consisting of numbers by the Primary children, remarks by a atake board member, etc., The meeting commence at 7:80 p. st and all are Invited to attend. " . " ' ' . .. """it . . First Ward-Recreational V" -- Conniitttee To Entertain -' All v members of the Advanced -Senior class ot the First ward Mutual Improvement Association and all others of the ward of advanced senior class age will be : entertained next' Tuesday, night at the tabernacle" by the Recreation Committee of the ward. ' Miss ChrlsUnsen of "theXehmigh-Schooi "theXehmigh-Schooi facuHy jrlTb present -jand ' conduct games and . - entertainment features suitable for grownups. A short program will also be given. ' , The entertalnmen? starts at . 7:30 and Is tree of charge. The Recreation Committee is sponsoring two enter talnmenti for the Mutual members, this, the first for-the Senior class members and others ot that age. The other will be given later and will include in-clude all members up to the Senior class. Regardless ef whether or not the ward members are on the roll tor Mutual, they are Invited to attend. ,. 0 L-r-r-: tostCity .Justice Appointed: Adolph Nielsen waa selected by Mayor James M. Grant to act as city . Justice and will commence his duties February 1st " ':.: ; ' lEarl S. Greenwood,' former" dty Justice, resigned several weeks ago. Two' applications for the office , were received those of Mr. Nielsen and Samuel Dean, Sr. ' 'ZU'il 1, ;:. |