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Show fTT7- A O A "V Tm flOth GROVE'S BIRTHDAY EDITION 80th - 4 ... a V(,L-j.iH. .. . '. .t. . . .. .... ..n.-..- -J- t . , , - AjTOA-BOBKEHy T-f " -SATUYTHEIMBEK lpO easaniirov e 80 Years Old T bdav I. i...jMt the birthday r- u iu just eighty 9 fShi veu families W lnt0 old " Ln ttU the present horn ..nd began th. j All community. t. ttf 1847 when Brigham tPrtr of coutf,oa U look over the eounijj. ' 5 Jrty were Georg LjohBG. Holman, both 1,80a the first settler ot W ' UrTi W50 battle betwwn LCoLJonn Scott and Lrttdlnf Indians task AWotli of Battle Creek johi Brows, another of the ijl"etlM7 ploneersV""and U pioneer of Pleasant L part to this encounter. lttlo the canyon received 185 no white men lived yy. The Ute Indians Ljt the valley, liviag on 1 ,uch was very plentiful. Li were great their W men of the trlb.fiuv4 i camorwa of stealing the 6pan- Theee horses were iK Utah and traded to the ijk tor gnns, ammunition, 11,1850 William H. Adams T.famswortb and John hni at what Is now Pleas - They had been sent out M Tonne to look over the liti the Idea of establishing W these men selected had and staked it off, to Salt Lake. At 'twee held Sept em be tola aboat the land they 'trlnsto Lower ra Theatre Ts Particular People EA8ANT GROVE Saturday, Sept. 12 Time To See and Hear Great Picture ARE DANGERS" Warner Bflwt.fir p Gtynn could write a lore I u this. The picture that ftn men, including one their lives In the film- r Prices. had ureyd -and President Young called for some families to go at once and begin''- the community. Those who responded were: Mr. and Mr. George & Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Rlch-ard', Rlch-ard', Clark, Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Holman, Hol-man, Mr. and Mrs. LewU Harvey, Mr. and Mr. L. Jolley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Price and child, Harriet Marler, EiekuU ITolman, a boy tIhsier and a Mr. Wilson who was teamster for Mrs. Marler They came in large covered Wagons and drore ox-teams. Passing thru what is now Lehi and American Fork they came on to what is now Pleasant Grove. Early in the evening even-ing ot September 13, 1850 they went Into camp in a grove of cotton-wood trees on the banks of the Battle Creek canyon stream on the present J. A. Dlckarson property. While the women wo-men .cooked sapper the men hastily built"' shed of sage brash to serve as? f ' shelter during the night. The yery next day they started to clear the land and prepare to build homes. They soon found the stakes that Adams, Farnsworth, and Mercer had set and also a small cabin that some herd boys, O. F. Herron, Joe Moore naa usea. inese nerd boys were probably the first white men to sleep in this locality, and were here when the first settlers arrived, O F. Herron being a boy about 11 years old at the time. In October, 1850 William H. Adams, Sr., returned to the settlement settle-ment from Salt Lake bringing his wife and three children, William H. Adamsj Jr., a daughter and John Adams, then a two-month-old child. They also made their home in the old grove. With the Adams family came John Banks, and family and later the families of Calvin Moore, William Stevens and a few others arrived. The winter was spent in the old grove where the log houses were all built adjoining each other and facing Program For The Day At 1 1'. M. a caravan of antoniobilt-8 carrying boy scouts, citizens, guests, pioneers and daughtTx of pioneers will leave the City Park at 12:.'l0 noon and travel to historic spots to place markers. At each Bite there will he a bugle call, music by the band and a five minute talk about the history of the site marked. The following are, the sites and the speakers: Battle Site at Battle Creek Canvon Dr. John Z. Brown. First Town Site, Old Grove H. W. Clark. Four Corners of Fort Wall-rC. B. Harper. Soldier-Indian Battle B. H. Adams. . Soldier-Indian Treaty George Holman. Stevens Springs James D. Thome. First School House Thomas II (Jlejison. Old Meeting House S. L. Swenson. First Community Center Joshua Terry. At 3:30 the Daughters of Pioneers will entertain pioneers and partners at the Pioneer Log Home in the park. John Adams, who has been a resident of Pleasant Grove for eighty years will be the speaker during this social and musical numbers num-bers will complete the program. At 7:30 P. M., in the High School Auditorium a community com-munity history program will be given. Band selection "Spirit of Independence." ' Prayer D. B. Thome. Band Selection "Tenting Tonight " with voeal solo by Roy Fage. Story of Battle Creek Fight Dr. John Z. Brown. Pioneer Home Life Mrs. Annie R. Holman. Dance Reading Miss Helen Harvey of Garland. Social and Cultural Activities S. A. Kirk. "Religious Activities E. F. Walker. Old Time Music .Tames Nelson. Industrial and Civic Activities Junius Banks. Vo4al Solfr Ora H. Chipman. Speaker C. E. Young, "Preserving Historic Landmark" America Congregation and pand. Benediction. President W-W. War nick. Mrs. Maggie B, Wright ; then west to the Niels Paulson corner. Gates were located about where the State highway passes Robertson's service station and where the highway passes Rnel Adams' .The wall's ot the fort were built ot rock and la most places were about six feet high. As soon as the people moved Into Sept. 13 ( . i ....... . Clrove Precinct In the fall of 1854 a small band of Ute Indians and a band from the 6nake tribe had a short sktrmlsh north ot town. This battle was wit nessed by many ot the townspeople who can today relate the interesting event On January 19, 1855 Pleasant Grove the tort they also moved their school , became an incorporated city and the house and this second school build- people chose Henson Walker as their Ing, using some of the materials ot first mayor. The aldermen were the first was built on the property now .owned by Mrs. Robblas. This building was also' of adobes and William M. Frampton taught there for several years. Duncan McArtbur, Shadrack F. Drlggs. William J. Hawley and Ell-JahMayhew; Ell-JahMayhew; the counselors were John O. Holman, Lewis Harvey, 8am uel 8. jVhlte, William Beeley, Nathan Not long after the city was built 8tockeiy William O. Sterritt, John Q. inside the fort the first meeting Wheeler, Lewis Robleon and William house- was begun oa what is now the southwest corner of the city park on Main street, This building, burned on February (, 1871 but was immediate-; P. Reynolds; with George 8. Clark a marshal and Elijah Mayhew as recorder. re-corder. In 1883 a skirmish took place be- ly replaced by another on the same tween some U. 8. Soldiers and a band site, which building was burned in! of Indians, on the site of the old John 1900. Green home, near present home of In 1853 Henson Walker was chos-i Wesley Beck, en bishop to succeed George 8. Clark J 'in 1863 John Brown, who had lo who had been called to Cedar City. cated in Lehi was called to Pleasant In Majy 1854, the American Fork: drove and made bishop ot the ward, precinct was divided and Pleasant Grove settlement which had tor time' been called Battle Creek' was definitely given the name of Pleasant his counselors for a number of years being Joseph D. Davis and : Thomas Wooley. (Continued on page 8) Republican Primary Held W. WvWARNICK TO SEEK . NO Wmralck, Mary Cooper, Annie Hol- MINATIOM FOB COtlNTt . COM-MT8SIONER COM-MT8SIONER AT CONVENTION across the road from the old L. P. Lund farm, just west ot the present Thomas Gleason home. Mr. Wilson, who bad been the teamster for Harriet Har-riet Marler, and Mrs. Sterritt taught school classes and many adults went to school along with the children. In 1852 the people built their first school house, on what Is now the the west so the settlers could better property of Walter Matthews, west of nrotect themselves from the Indians.' the Union Pacific crossing on the These first log houses were roofed with willows and dirt. Monday and Tues- M 14, 15 and 16 ! o" youth. A brand new rod new laughs, brand wand new dances, brand tkit's f I In October, 1850 the first death occurred oc-curred in the new settlement when a toe fell from the house of Charles Price, killing his nine-year-old son. The next day the same log fell again, breaking the leg of Lewis Harvey. . Writing to President Brigham Young, " in March, 1851 to report the progress , ot the settlement George S Clark headed his State highway. This building was of adobes; the students used slat desks and benches. The teachers were Alonso Winters and William Frampton. In 1852 the settlement was strengthened streng-thened by the arrival of the families of Shadrach F. Drlggs, William M. Frampton, Stephen M. Farnsworth, Charles Stewart, Hyrum Alonzo and Oscar Winters, Amosa and George Grove was soon chosen as the town name. On March 25, 1851 Brigham Young William CoHler. Jr.. fd Marjory White. Tha " "Suanysidc Vp" if you "to yourself, lire's the the pace in smart and romaure. r V 7 and Thnrsdatr 'uer and 18 twin) IFICER flmiEN I BS5S a a I 7i'"s. tenst-ful, love I! underworlds-chuck i a mi. . . - ircai ror those sc reen, fare-r Plc.uro of the sea- p-Th, Create Picture I U T Date. Mfl Hiv. h Y. u 1UUI, me l look 7 It. DhH . .. . .. letter "Pleasant Tucker, sopnia rucKer weeas, vui- Orove", because of the lovely grove; lam J. Hawley, William Reynolds, C. of trees in which they had settled. Perry Liston, John TldwelL John Shortly after this the settlement be- j Reynolds and others, cause known as Battle Creek for. Shadrack F. Drlggs opened a wag- a time but the name of Pleasant 0n shop on his property in wnat is now Lindon and this was a very busy jjlace before the settlers moved into the fort. Drlggs obtained the hard and several others of the authorities maple wood he used from the Bald of the church came to the settlement j mountain where bits of the old Drlggs to organise a ward and George S. , drag road can still be seen. Prob-Clark Prob-Clark was chosen bishop, with James bly the very first sugar mda" in Dunn . and Duncan McArthur as Utah was the maple sugar made from counselors and William G. Sterritt as' gap gathered on the Bald mountain ward clerk! " " " by Shadrack RVrlggs and his son, More than 200 acres of' land had been plowed and planted by the. sum mer of 1851, and many settlers moved mov-ed from the old grove to their vari-, oug farms most of which were located locat-ed In the western part of town. Early in the spring of 1851 several more families came to settle here, prominent among whom were the families ot Henson Walker, Lewis Robison, Margaret Fouts, Samuel 8. White, Ephriam Pearson, William O. Sterritt James Dunn Philo T. Farns-wrth, Farns-wrth, Washington Jolley, Charles Donelson and Duncan McArthur. By fall of 1851 the families of Reuben Smith, William R. Howard, Daniel McComb, Furmen Munford Henry Shadwlck Ellsha Wilcox, John Cable, Joseph Moore, David Thorns and others had located in Pleasant Grove. In the fell of 1861 the first white' rohildren were born in Pleasant Grove. Joh-Deanta, Holman was the first chiid"born here, William Sterritt, the second' and Joseph B. Clark, the third child to be born in the community. All three were born in September, 1151.' After the settlers moved on to their farms, religious meetings and school, which had previously been held in the various houses or shelters in the grove, were held In the Stevens home. This house was located at what was called Stevens Springs, directly ,3$5$ In 1853 many more families came to make homes; David West William West, James Arinltstead and Elijah Mayhew being among them. Independence Day, July 4, 1853, wfjj celebrated at the. ichool house Wfe John Banks aa otator ot the day and Richard Johnson and C. ' Perry Listen assisting with th arrange- menu, erne American uag usea this celebration la now a prized possession pos-session ot Mrs. Howard R. Drlggs who is loaning it to the Daughter ot Pioneers for their exhibit ot relics. In 1853 a fort alto in the center ot (town was surveyed by Jackson Stew art ot Provop under the direction ot Geora-e A. Smith. The building ot the walls was begun and in July the p,)Wk.vm.toJ4.iht..wtei; to. jtodiaa troubles they must move Into the fort immediately. The people put forth every effort and the work ot moving the homes into the fort was accomplished accomp-lished in the remarkably short time of six days, tor by July 2th every family was inside the walls. Before the walls were quite completed now-ever now-ever the Indians came on the night of July 23rd and broke into the corral cor-ral and stole twenty-three horses. The fort wall extended from thf northwest corner of what is noa Niels Paulson's property south' to the southwest corner of Ruel Adams iiroperty; east to the southwest cor. ner of present property of Mrs. Cfiastfna "vfalkerTthen' noin'fttfieJ old Iverson corner, now property of At the Republican primary held Monday evening in the city nail all delegates decided to stand solidly back of W. W. Warnkk for nomination nomina-tion ae county commissioner. M. 8. Christiansen iu selected tor precinct chairman, Thelnw Adam-son, Adam-son, vice-chairman, and Floyd Walk er as secretary. The Central commit tee 1 composed of C I .Wright. M. 8. Christiansen and Thelma ' Adam- son, 'i-' The voting district chairmen are: District No. 1, A. P. Warnick; No. S Abel NIelson; No. I, C. JL Wright; No. 4, J. D. Wadley. The following delegate were chosen for the State convention C L. Warnick, C. L. Wright LX B. Thorn jmd Benjamin-Walker. - The congressional convention delegates chosen were: Mrs. Mary Coo pen, W. W. Warnick, Mrs. Isaac Hayes and Floyd 'A. Walker. The delegate selected for the county convention, which will convene la Lehi Saturday, September 21 were: C. L. Wright W. L. Hayes, J. H. Walker, Albert Anderson, Joseph Wadley W. W. Warnick, Hogan Nielsen, D, B. Thome M. S. Christiansen, W. W. Lim, C. L. man Leonard Fryer, WrtjJS, 3, Chria-tiansen, Chria-tiansen, Leonard 8. Walker, Floyd Walker, L. R. Walker, lame D. Thome, Ia G. West Fred L. Culmer, AlteraaUe May K. Walker, Thelma Adamsony Lnella E. Thorae, John Swenson, Benjamin Walker, R. L. Tomllnson, A. P. Warnick, Clarence H11V Dan EL Adams, 8. A. Kirk, Ernest Er-nest Paxduhja, Henson NIelson, Isaac Hayes, Archie Boren, Lyean Johnson, Earl Loader, Edith Monson, George Monson, Hlldlng NIelson and John A.. Adam son. Broadway Still Kicking Itself Over Loss ' of Harjorie White A "little girl who Js going - some- where" was the description of Mor- ' Jorie White written by a well known f ertUc-afteT-'eeeinr tor"4tilkiwfm "Sunny Bide Up". Her work In j "Happy Days" and "The Golden Calf" y amply bore out the critic' prediction. . In "The New Movietone Follies of 1930," romntic musical production coming Sunday, Monday andTuesday to the Alhambra Theatre, she burst forth into her full glory as the lead- . Ing comedienne ot the audible screen. Miss White has a made-to-order role " which give her every opportunity Announcement We will bein handling eggs hi connection with our feed business, next Monday, September Septem-ber 15, 1930. We have decided to do this because of a demand made by the people of Pleasant Grove and vicinity for a grading plant here. We are equipped to handle your eggs direct on the New York Market. We will deliver your feed and gather your eggs. ('all and sec us at once. - - Farmers' Exchange Pleasant Grove, Utah Phone 23 On School Cloth es SBMBBBSSSSSSSSSSSJBBBBBBBBBBBB PUBLIX SHIRTS SHOE? Positively will not fade. . fof the migh U8e of thfi Made with the Ensdown school boys. There is a lot collar and cut to allow for of extra wear in every pair shrinkage. of Freeman and Prendly $1.15 Pine Shoes. We guarantee thU'shirt to $5 00 be the 'best shirt you have ever seen at anywhere near More Wear for Your Money this price. HOSE FOR SCHOOL CORDUROY PANTS Fancj Rayon and Cotton Plenty of Snap and Pep ... ,. ., HoHe With Extra Long Wear - 25c Per Pair - oys' $3.00 and $3.50 5Pairfof$l.QQ ; Men's $5.00 BOYS'CAPS OTirtTTT Unbreakable Viser SEE 0UR FALL $1.00 SUITS Thornes Clothes Shop TP"? |