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Show X - "i-JXX . , ' "":, . 'A . , - J . VJ x ,u ObTXXV AMERICAN FOfint, UTASTFRTBaY, FEBRUARY 211936 "Dumber i .. ; - vx : - " ' till iiidi xx lational Accident Facts Announced To Public J UOlWMliUHa lCAi UUbU W a associate sarety xirst only wun ta use of automobiles, however the blowing facts will bring It more early to your minds regarding ttlf-rent ttlf-rent types of accidental deaths: Suppose you were to read In the arcing's paper in screaming head-rtes head-rtes that 100,000 people in Salt Lake iy had been killed in some tremendous tre-mendous accident, or that some eat disaster had killed all the instants in-stants of Ogden, Brlgham City, jgan, Provo, Price, Cedar City, A American Pork. This would be I ahnrHny that it would be the pic of discussion la every home, on ;ery street corner, and at every iblic meeting. jThen suppose that the following j you learned that every person i the State of Idaho had been per-anently per-anently disabled, and that every j?rsoo in Nevada, Wyoming, Arizo-X Arizo-X New Mexloo, Colorado, and Cali-jmla Cali-jmla had been temporarily dis-bled. dis-bled. Surely this would cause much jocern and comment, yet the above I the annual loss from accidents In he United States every year, lis the suffering, the cost, or the ragedy any less because this total I spread over 48 states and 365 days pan it would be If it occurred sud-enly sud-enly at our very door as outlined hove? If all these disasters had kken place due to carelessness and puld have been prevented by prop-t prop-t care, wouldn't you want to - do pmethlng to prevent the peoccur-fince peoccur-fince of such a disaster? ( Accidents rode the highways last 'ear. Motor vehicles killed 36,000 rople, permanently injured or dialled dia-lled 100,000, and injured another illlkm. I Accidents occurred in places of jork causing 16,000 deaths, 60,000 prmanent disabilities, and 1,300,000 iher Injuries. Accidents also invaded the. home ,1th disastrous result They killed 500 people at home, permanently yibled 150,00, and caused injuries 5,000,000 other men, women and Accidents were also present while (Tople were swimming, hunting, Jung, or indulging In other forms f recreation. The year dosed with 7,500 deaths, 40,000 permanent dia- hiliUes, and 2,000,000 other Injuries rom this source. I This toll of accidents cost the merican people, in wage losses and iedlcal care, over three Million dol former Am. ; Fork Resident !;- Buried Funeral servioes were conducted Wednesday at the Anderson Bros- lortuary for Mrs- Lizzie Bohan, Ix died Saturday at a hospital in Vom Mrs. Bohan was born June 1 1858, in Empire, Nevada, a daugh-r daugh-r of Nlcholes Martin Ambrose. She vett In American Fork for a few ;ars about 30 years ago, at which aie she stayed at the home of her 'other, Martin Ambrose- 3urvlving are one son, yrilliam han, of Calif, and a brother, orge Ambrose of Oakland, Calif. Tlshop Frank O. Shelley opened a services with prayer and was e of the speakers, followed by Ell Claysoa Mrs. Leona Anderson 4 Mrs. Edna Boley sang two nunv :t, "Sometime, Somewhere" and aansweral Tef The cloeing ajrer was offered by Counselor Eu- :ie Briggs. . lterment was made in the Amer- a Fork city cemetery, where the ive was dedicated by Bishop Shell 3 ible Quotations . By C T. Hansen chovah said unto Cain, where to I thy brother? And he said, I w not: n I my brother's keep-I keep-I And he said, what hast thou e? - the voice of thy brothers 1 erleth unto me from the und. And now curseth art thou H the ground, which hath open-ta open-ta mouth to receive thy brothers 4 from thy hand; when thou st the ground, it shall not ceforth yield unto thee in ngth; a fugitive and a wanderer It thou be m the earth. And a said unto' Jehovah, My punish--t Is greater than I can bear. Be-1 Be-1 thou hast driven me out this r from the face of the ground; 1 from thy face shall I be hid; 1 X shall be a wanderer and a tlve In.tha earth; and it will e to pass, that whosoever flndeth wfU slay me. And Jehovah said him, therefore whosoever slay-Cain, slay-Cain, rengence shall be taken on sevenfold. . And Jehovah ap-ted ap-ted s sign for Cain, lest any lng him should smite frim, . ' i Oea 4:il5. Stewart Yotth Narrowly B cajjes Freezing Davis Stewart arrl' home late Saturday night after iting his way through severe b ;and be- lng nearly frown to def near Fort Brldger, Wyoming. Max Nielsen were b: swart and four new cars from the factory American Fork- They had dlf: Hies and were held up on aoco of storms throughout the entire. le west- em section-About section-About eight miles Fort Brklger, Stewart side of tire trou-M. trou-M. Niel- ble and stopped to sen, having passed eral miles, stopped for a little when the storm struck. State ers pulled the Nlelse: hway work- cars to a ser- vice station where he: was obtained but didn't know the her boy was following. As the storm In intens-man intens-man who lty, Stewart and a was riding with him to abandon the cars and walked e eight miles back to Fort in the bliz- sard. Snow, wet ls and mas- sageing were req to restore nor-e nor-e half frozen mal circulation to boys. Snow was and packed into Ice in thenar: and was prac- tically covering the: when the storm ceased and the hig y was opened to traffic. The s patrol towed the cars to Port r and aided the boys in condii nlng them for travel before they ft that point Botn boys say lences they will ey nad exper- ,ways remember and feel that U is still the best place In which to e. Miners le Out 0 Canyon Wlllard CleghoJ and twelve min- ers shut down Yankee mine op- eratlons and out of the can- yon last Thu They have been at the property due to the deep Christmas but snow, danger' of slides and the of the road to Deer Creek was felt that oo- eratlons must b discontinued until spring. I Ore shipment have been going forward Until Februarv when the deep snow male it Impossible to seep the upperjpart of the road to Deer Creek opau They now have some 200 tons k ore in the bins at Deer Creek whkh cannot be moved until spring br4ks the hold of win ter m me canjon, probably some time In April Final Eespects Paid iMrs. Ben Conder Funeral services wre conducted yesterday foi Mrs. Benjamin Con der who died last Sunday in the St Marks ho6plkl of comDllcatlons fol lowing an operation for goitre. Mrs. Conder was bom May 19, 1876, in Goshen, thj daughter of William and Eliza Pitch. Her first hiutorwi John Drap, died about 20 years ago leaving ber with a family of seven chlldin. In the yen 1924 she huutImi Mr Conder and aided in th r&rinir nf his family. She has been an active member of the L. D. S. church. working asfa teacher In the Relief Society In tie Fourth waid untn tn health kept her at home. ourvivmg are her husband nrvi the followliar children: Mm Kin Ooodsell, ealt Lake City; Elmer J. Draper an Rudolph E. Draper, Bingham; Mrs. William BarUet, Helper; Mis. Marlin Carter Harold Dnper, Provo; and Leo Draper, Plscerville. Calif. Alan Out following step-children: Mrs. Llllle Cruaon, Akert Conder and Edward Conder of American Fork; Benja min c. Conder. - MarvsviUe: Mn Thelma Smith, Mid vale; Mrs. Jen nie Lund and Alice Oonder, Salt Lake; Elwood Gander. Vemal: anH Howard Conder of California. Io T. Shelley. Ell J. Clavson inH Bishop Lot Robinson were th speakers at the services held in the vurth ward charjel vitrriav James T. Gardner opened with prayer pray-er and J. F. Steggles pronounced the benediction. A mixed Quartet bv Mrs. Or ChlpnmiV Mrs. Nan Wright Moral uieeie and Kenneth Robinson, accompanied ac-companied by Mrs. Ann Hansen, was "I Know. That My Redeemer Lives." Mrs. Ora Chlpman and Kenneth Robinson sang "Beyond Thu Sha dow" and Moral Steele sang "That's What Ood Made Mothers For." Mrs. rniwnj r j. . . . xuuuK, coompaniea by Lydla Olsen, sang "Going Home." Interment was made In the Provo city cemetery. o - Coqrr Unfcoarl Oortes, conqueror of Mexico, has to monament to bis name la that entire country, whereas there are ceres of monuments to Cosnhtt- moc, vanquished native hero. Our first m l'" 4 fr , 'v. ' ft: V I :.- . f J i V Lehi Man Elected Vice President of Poultry Ass'n. At the closing session of the annual an-nual convention of the Utah Poul try Producers' Cooperative associa tion held Saturday at the Newhouse hotel, the annual election of officers took place, Randal 8c how of Lehl being elected, as first vice president Mr. Schow has served as a direc tor of the association during the past year and has been president of the Lehl association for several years- He Is well-qualified for this new position, having been closely as sociated with the company and hav ing been engaged in poultry raising for several years. He is well learned on various phazes of the poultry in dustry and is Just the man for this new office. W. A- Shuldbcrg of Preston, Idaho, Ida-ho, was elected president of the as sociation, succeeding Ray P. Lund of ManU- Other officers elected were Hyruiu Peterson of Ogden, second vice pres ident; John A. Johnston of Provo, third vice president; Clyde C. Ed monds, secretary and general man age?; Harry L. Strong, treasurer; O. K. Ferre, assistant secretary; Charles P. Rudd, assistant treasur er; H- M. BlackhUTst, assistant general gen-eral manager. A resolution urging the enact ment of congressional legislation for managed currency on a basis of a commodity price Index was voted by members of the association. Speakers at the closing sessions discussed means of improving the economic position of poultiymen Increasing production efficiency was urged by V. L. Martineua, Salt Lake county agricultural agent Feeding and sanitation methods were discussed by Byron Alder of the Utah 8tate Agricultural college extension service. He predicted 1936 would be a good year for growers, with no glut In the egg market Financial working of the Berke ley Bank for Cooperatives was ex plained by Phillip N. Mark, assist ant treasurer of the California Institution In-stitution Other speakers Included W. O. Ramshaw, president of the Utah Hatchers' and Breeders' association; Harry C. Strong, treasurer of the association; Mrs- J. R. Rawlins, George Albert Smith of the Ii D. S. church council of twelve apos tles; H- C. Tempest, manager of the association's Mid vale branch, and Benjamin Brown of New York City, the association's sales representative. repre-sentative. 1 ' SCHOOL MEN OFF TO NATIONAL CONVENTION Superintendent David Oourley and Leo T. Hansen of the Alpine School district left last Sunday for St Louis, where they will attend the National Educational Association meetings to be held there February 21 to 28 inclusive. Mr. Oourley and Mr. Hansen plan to visit prominent schools throughout that section of the country before they return to Utah. o Apt Bcom Groy Apes, like men, become w at they grow old. Leader Gleaner Banquet Proves Outstand- if: ing Event Amid festive Washington birthday decoration, the annual M Men-Gleaner Men-Gleaner stake banquet proved to be an outstanding social event Graduated Grad-uated sizes of flags were used for center pieces on the tables with miniature min-iature flags In a base of white marsh-mallows marsh-mallows placed at each guest plate-The plate-The lights shone through a combination combin-ation of hatchets and ch9Tles; While on the walls were large colonial figures fig-ures with profile cuts of Washington on each side-Oscar side-Oscar Klrkham of the general board of the M-1. A, was the guest speaker, giving some interesting Information In-formation to the 180 young people gathered there. Bernell Crystal was rrtaster of ceremonies and very ably Introduced Miss Naomi HaUlday, the toastmlstress. Miss Hallfalay Introduced those giving toasts by use of the story telling tell-ing of the King's court and the feast of the subjects. Miss Helen Hicks gave a toast to the young men and Barratt Chadwlck gave a toast to the young women. Miss Belma Sea-strand Sea-strand gave a toast of appreciation for the adults of the group. A string ensemble, under the di rection of Miss Grace Parker, played several numbers and the Gleaner chorus sang two selections. John Walker played a piano solo followed by responses by several of the stake officers. Following the banquet dinner, dancing was enjoyed. The commit tee in charge of the event did some very commendable work which was appreciated by all those attending. o Still Time for Amateurs "The Amateur Hour program be ing sponsored by the boy's club of the high school is a worthwhile com munity project," Is the words of William Chlpman, manager of the Chlpman Mercantile company, Wed nesday- Mr. Chlpman is being a God-father to the boys In supporting their endeavors and will present a gift to the winner of the contest. A tentative date of March 5th has been set, leaving a two weeks period In which entries may be applied ap-plied for. No age or talent limits are made, but the applicant nAt be an amateur- The three receiving the highest number of votes at the local program will be heard over ra dio station KDYL soon after the pro gram here. o Beet Growers To Meet Friday Beet growers of the county are being called together by William J. Chadwlck, iwesldent of the Utah County Beet Growers association, to discuss the 1930 beet contract. The meeting at American Fork is set for tonight at 7:30 in the city hall and at the Linden hall at 2 p. m. Mon day for the Pleasant Grove district WW growers, Cavemen Retain League Lead; Defeats B. Y. Team Standing W. L. Pet American Fork 7 0 1.000 Provo 1 .857 Lehl 4 S J71 Pleasant Grove I S .85 a Y. High 1 .143 Lincoln 1 6 J43 American Fork retained the league basketball leadership by defeating the B. Y. High team here Monday 44 to 23. The local team had easy going with the Provo crew ending the half 22 to 6. In the second period per-iod Coach Ingersoll used his second string, who were able to hold the B. Y. team. AMERICAN FORK O.T. P. 6 9 8 3 11 0 Oardner, rf. 3 Oroesbeck, If. 4 Deavitt, c. 4 McTague, rg 0 Brown, lg ft Richards, rf 0 Duckworth, If 1 Ooode, If 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 Carlson, c 1 Peters, rg 1 Greenwood, lg 0 Nelson, lg 0 Totals 13 B. Y. HIGH e 44 O. T. F. P. Harmon, rf 3 2 0 8 Merrill, If 1 0 0 2 Taylor, c 0 3 1 1 Mangum, rg 4 8 1 9 Swenson, lg 0 8 S 8 Davis, rf 0 0 0 0 Coleman, c 0 0 0 0 Totals 8 19 7 23 The Cavemen go to Lehl tonight for the final game of the season. o Automobile Stolen From Garage X1U UiaiUUUUO WVVn40A14e WW Blackhurst of Salt Lake City, left In the Clyde Crookston garage here Saturday, is reported still missing. Mr. Blackhurst and Clyde Crookston left about noon last Saturday for California in the Crookston car, leaving the other car In the Crook-ston Crook-ston garage" '"'" Shortly after noon Sunday Jesse Crookston noticed the garage doors open and investigated. Thinking perhaps Mrs. Blackhurst had been for the oar she was contacted but knew nothing of It, stating that the car was to remain here while he was away. City Marshal H- E McNlel reported report-ed Immediately to the state officials giving full Information and a description des-cription but to date has received no definite leads as to the whereabouts of the car- Tri-Stake Cloth-ing Cloth-ing Project Proving Prov-ing Successful It is reported that the N. Y. A. project for collection and remodel ing of clothing to be distributed to needy and worthy families Is prov ing very successful Ten young men from Lehl, Alpine, American Fork and Pleasant Grove are reported collecting materials. Several large boxes of materials were turned In by the boys today. Twenty-four young ladles from the above towns are employed remodeling the materials mater-ials under the direction of Mrs. Marcelle Hawkins and are receiving a fine training in Home Making and Sewing. Mr. R. D. Logic. N. Y. A Coordi nator for the Alpine School District, wishes to thank the citizens of Lehi, American Fork, Alpine and Pleasant Grove for the fine spirit of coopec-a- tlon displayed In this youth move ment. o Officers Elected By Community Church The Ladies Missionary Society met at the home of Mrs. Elmer Bez- zant Thursday. The following ofll-cers ofll-cers were elected for the coming year: Mrs. John Bun ten, president; Mrs. Joe Parr, vice president; Mrs. Charles La Fleur, secretary-treasurer; and Mrs. Elmer Bezzant, stewardship. stew-ardship. After the election the book THe Women Under the Southern Cross, was reviewed by Mesdames Bezzant, Binns and La Fleur. Lunch was served by the hostess. o : An illustrated lecture on the his tory of the L. D. S. Church, will be given by C. V. Hansen of Provo, at the Highland ward chapel, Sunday night February 23, at 7:30 o'clock. This lecture shows interesting scenes from 1803 to 1847, when the pioneers entered the Salt Lake valley. All Interested are cordiaUy Invited. Twelve Feet Of Snow In A. F. Canyon The higher elevations of the Wasatch Was-atch range In the American Fork canyon section is blanketed with more than twelve feet of well packed pack-ed snow, according to Wlllard Cleg-horn Cleg-horn and others who came out of the canyon February 13th. Mr. Cleghorn said that the snow depth was greater in the canyon on the 13th than he had ever seen it before. On the level there was fully 12 feet he stated and when asked if It was well packed, he said the water was actually running out of it From information he had been able to get from miners and others familiar with the canyon he said he felt the only season to compare with this one for snow depth was that of 1926. Mr. Cleghorn reported 12 feet at the mine, 8 feet on the Dutchman flat, 8 to 6 feet at Deer Creek and 2 feet at the forks jof the canyon. At the Cave Camp and below there Is practically no snow since the re cent rains have melted it away at these lower elevations. When asked about the buildings in the canyon Mr. Cleghorn said he feared many of them will be seriously serious-ly damaged as they cannot stand-up under the weight of the snow. On February 6 th three of the transient camp buildings up Deer Creek were squashed flat under the weight of the anojj. Other weather reports Indicate that a normal precipitation has been reached in the vicinity of Provo, as a result of the oountuui February storms which followed on the heels of an unusually wet January. J. Frank Wenta, Provo river water commissioner reports a 95 per cent of normal since October 1 to date for Provo without taking into account ac-count Tuesday's light tain. The report re-port for Heber shows 103 per cent of normal. j Fears of high water this spring were not allayed with reports of seven feet of snow at the head of Daniels canyon. There is more than five feet of snow across the Straw berry valley, which promises a high water yield for the farmers on the Strawberry valley project Fornrfent Buried Here Funeral servioes for Samuel Leir Shelley, 83, a former resident of American Fork, were held Tuesday afternoon In Mt. Pleasant Mr. Shelley was born December 2, 1852, a son of William Boyer and Jane Dunn Shelley. The family moved to Sanpete county in 1880 and. were Instrumental in building up that section of the state. Surviving are two daughters and five sons, Bishop William L. Shelley, David A Shelley, Jesse Shelley and Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Coatee, Mountain Moun-tain ville; John M. Shelley and Mrs. Ellen Coatee, Richfield, Idaho, and George H. Shelley, Clear Creek; a brother and a sister, David Shelley and Mrs. Sarah A Barratt, American Ameri-can Fork; 43 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Those of American Fork to attend the services were, Mr. and Mrs. David Da-vid Shelley, Milton Shelley, Mrs. Sarah Ann Shelley and Mrs. June Wright Interment was made in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery. o Am. Fork-Heber M Men Game Here Saturday The play-off basketball game between be-tween American Fork Fourth ward and Wasatch county champions for the right to go to the district tour nament will be played in the High School Gym Saturday evening at 7:30 p. m. The Fourth ward team won the Alpine stake honors after defeating Alpine for the local championship and fans can expect to see some real basketball when this star five clash es with the strong Heber aggrega tion Considerable Interest is being shown in the coming contest and fans of the district will need to secure se-cure seats early. A small admission fee is being charged to meet the expense ex-pense of the visiting team. o Farm Bureau Ladies Meet The Home and Community group of the Farm Bureau will meet today at 2 p m in the city hall. The following fol-lowing program Is announced by Mrs. Mary Mower, president of the g vfp: "Milky Way To Health," Mrs. C. LaFleur; care of milk In the home and the proper cleaning of milk utensils, Mrs. Hilda, King; brief report of the state convention, Mrs. Mower. Any lady Interested In this work Is Invited to attend, Shelley Reunion onight The Shelley Family wk - Wenda will hold their annual winter reunion re-union party in Plrm&ge Ball, Friday evening, February 21, oommendng -at 8 o'clock aharp.- The foaowtag ' unique program has been prepared for the occasions X ' '.:Xt. 1 5 Community singing. Under direc tion of John Hunter and Mrs; Mary -Humphries; The Shelley Family An- cestry In Picturte, with brief life sketches by Mrs. Marry & Abel; Humorous Stunts; The Proposal and , Marriage of Grandfather Shelley, George T. Shelley, Mary E. Abel and : John Hunter; Dancing Stunts, Mabel Durrant Afton Durrant, Hose Conder, Con-der, 8tella Young, Ruth Young, and Ida, May and Persha ; Fredericks; ' The Fixer. Francis Abel Wayne' Chadwlck, Moroni Wilds and Fern " Shelley. Interspersed between the sketches will be musical and dancing special-ties special-ties by Irene Shelley, Lois Shelley and others. The balance of the evening eve-ning will be occupied in : dancing, with Bishop Frank G. Shelley as floor manager. X's' ' The reunion is tinder the direction of a oommlttee consisting of George F. Shelley as chairman and Moroni ' Shelley, Mary E. Abel, James Eael-. ley, Llla Roberts, Ernest Shelley and Mrs. Stella Nelson, representing the various branches of the Shelley fam- ' ily. . - ' A general good time is anticipated by the Shelley kjn and Invited friends. ; First Ward ; t Reunion Date March 4 Plans are 'gc&gforward for. the annual First Ward Reunion to be held March 4 in the basement of the -stake tabernacle. The evening pro gram will consist of a- luncheon, spicy program and dancing; The age limit for the evening entertainment ' is 12 years. AH children under this age will meet in the afternoon for. games and dancing. X All members and con-members of the church living ta the First ward are invited to Join In the fuaX- i . i i 1 1 ii i Tax nraKAo How: x!:?; ;; -',-1 . . - (Taken from files of Feb. 20, 1926) Jack Bryant and Luther McCand- . -lass, both of American Fork,' nar , rowly escaped injury Wednesday morning in the huge snow slide -which descended upon upper Bing- f ham Canyon where the men were -employed. - . Ten Years Ago Now- Plans have been made for the landscape program to be carried out , in this community for the year 1828, Enul Hansen, specialist to ' .land scape gardening with the Tfrtenatoh Service of the Utah ; Agricultural college, will visit American Fork and will be available to anyone desiring aid in then landscape problems; v Tn VMM Aon TTi A ooomleta new set of soenerr has f been purchased by the high school and will be on the set for "The Two Vagabonds" which will be presented soon. Instead of the old style paint ed drop with the illusory trees, hills etc on it, will be the cy cloromaa drop with the necessary set pieces to create the Illusion. Trees are set out on the stage and the per formers work among them as they would In actuality. Ten Tears Ago Now Friday in Provo Miss Urilda Evans of Provo was united In marriage mar-riage to Carl D. Smith of this city. Mr. Smith is the son of William Smith. Both young people are well known In their respective towns and are enjoying the good wishes of a large circle of friends. Ten Years Ago Now Mr. and Mrs. William Chlpman entertained the employees of Chip-man Chip-man Mercantile Company Friday evening at their home. . The living rooms were decorated in red carnations carna-tions and white snapdragons in gold heart shaped baskets. The forty guests present enjoyed lunch served at the small tables. Ten Years Ago Now The reoent completon of the new ' home of Albert Rowley was the In- . splratlon for a rousing big! "house , warming" which took place Satur day night The residents of Alpine were ; shocked to learn of the , death of Vernal Bates which ocoured Mon day at the I D. & hospital Mr. Bates is well known in . American Fork for his work ta his father's ; blacksmith shop. Mr. Bates died of an abcess on the brain. 7," , "M V:' ' Ten Years Ago Now- v Miss Grace Wadley of Manila and Vem Chlpman of this city are re- . celving congratulations land beet ' wishes of their many friends since the announcement of Cxlr tp-proachlng tp-proachlng marricje. , V 4 I '7 |