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Show Pn n o o -.. -.v .-:-w..r." not AMEICWFOacrOTAHrFRnfilVrBEfltEMBER"lorW37 NUMBER 30 eer Greek Election Set for Tuesday, Sept. 21 Zii sj iLlsLiLl . , . , . . .,- ' I,, i 1 - - II II " mi test County Fair At Frovo JNext Week iron , ! to the UTAH SEPTEMBER 16- 01 Wluu -- of every wim " lorts rts i is d Me lc riped hool tofcr Initj! I r Bisstf r tte wr t tor SKI I has (Lid the thoughts of a FAIR" shuld Li dtlzen thoroughly. U county commissioners, fLiwn J. Johnson. Ther-Ul Ther-Ul sylvan Clark, made a U here Wednesday to pre-rLhy pre-rLhy mayor with a real and at that time It efCiii purpose w Sutlcn to every man. ad child to attend the fUR AT PROVO. , bounteous crop through-ounty through-ounty and one of the most jfltsU we have known In tour livestock thriving and condition than usual, we m It a pleasure and a to exhibit our prizes at our and thus help in mis our appreciation to all mttentious and unusual !of entertainment has been for the big event. Tne known Colbom and Sor- Uo of -Madison Square i one of the wildest buck- ld ups ever put on In this J country. You simply W iff miss one perform this stupendous exhibition it riding, bucking, and real t It will be worth double of a ticket to see their Ideo performances will be each evening of the fair In r lighted sports field and the County Pair grounds, xial feature and added at- Speed Ralph Aaron, well unt test and endurance attempt to break the record now held of Michigan City, In- record now is 105 hours, Ralph Aaron will attempt bj making at least 106 le will commence his run September 14, and will until Saturday, September Si this time he will neither sleep, he will be hand- the steering wheel of his starts the test, and will be at the grand finish on The car will be refueled r never allowed to stop test His nurse attend - hange at Interval! while p in motion. This added will be shown free at any pose people holding tickets lone-pulling matches or the 4 r e II A -8' Ii A J, i School Opens With Large Enrollment The onward march of education was taken up here with renewed vigor, after a happy summer vacation vaca-tion when the school bells sounded Tuesday morning and the "doors of learning" opened to receive approx imately 1200 students. The registration in the Junior and senior high schools took place aH day Monday with a full staff of teachers to assist the students In the selection of their courses of study. Although an exact count was not available at this time, it is expected that the registration will exceed the 1936 figure. The Elementary grades have an outstanding enrollment for the first few days of school, a total of 580 being listed. It is expected that a few more will enter by the end of the week. Mrs. Lillian C. Booth, principal of the Elementary grades, states that .eW,,.ear..ftr,.yery;o.:' tnuslastlc about their work. P. TV A. Meeting The Alpine District P.-T. A. coun cil met Saturday in connection with the Alpine District Teachers Insti tute. The meeting was held at 1:30 In the Lehi High School Auditorium. Besides the teachers of the district there was a good representation of parents and patrons of the various schools In the district. Mrs. Mabel Nelson, president of the district council, was in charge of the meeting. Ernest Clayton, coordinator co-ordinator for the Alpine School District, was the first speaker. He dealt chiefly with the new adult educational program which, is being Inaugurated In this district. He urged that the parents of school children, especially, attend these classes which are being offered in the different communities. Classes in English, supervised recreation and governmental problems will be offered. He pointed out that many parents are of the opinion that if they can keep up with their children, chil-dren, educationally, they will be able to better cope with the problems of the modern child and youth. One of the main objectives of the Parent-Teachers association is to help the parents see the viewpoint of youth. The sole responsibility of our present education of young people is resting on the church and the schools. In his concluding remarks re-marks Mr. Clayton stated that educators edu-cators felt that the parents were not taking enough of the responsibility of the education of their children. Miss Rose Jones, nationally known educator, spoke on modern trends in education and especially the latest methods in the teaching of reading. Miss Jones stated that everything the teachers does in the classroom should be based on the objective, "does it train for social development"? develop-ment"? Everything the child does spontaneously goes for his developmentand develop-mentand helps him grow more rapidly, mentally. The social development de-velopment of the child is one of the most important factors in his education, edu-cation, Miss Jones remarked. She a service, having been on asked the question. "Is the School a seven years His is ' Social Unit or an Institution"? and the state highway from answered it by stating that modern to the Salt Lake 1 educators considered the school a r the Point of the to keep up the Lehi-d Lehi-d which has recpnt.lv L. , "y me siate. He crew of eight men f ttuch the year around Pf the winter months this fn doubled. 4t i m. mm 1 i I Murance mint f Itt start, lani BEE YOU THERE! PTY PAIR! AT Shelley ts State Jload Job Shelley received thr- an. f state road supervisor 1u - American Pork dis-!st dis-!st week, succeedlne Suel P t Lehi. who has been t to 16 years of service. Pment was made by the P road commissinn oh effective SentemhPr i I e oiaest man on Attest "Social Unit' It is the teacher's duty to study the child and see in which direction he is going and to then set up the correct situation and let the child head himself toward a higher aim. It is also the teachers duty to discover dis-cover why a child lies, steals, bites, etc., and then remove the cause. If the cause cannot be discovered through the child's school life, his home life should be investigated, Miss Jones stated. Through long research modern educators have discovered that In teaching reading the child who is not forced but Is prepared through many and varied experiences for reading will read sooner and will be a better reader than the child who la forced before he is prepared for reading. If the correct situation is set up the child will read as readily as he learns to talk. Forcing the child to learn to read before he is prepared will make his life miserable. miser-able. Miss Jones concluded by stat ing that the child should be allowed to create, under the teachers guidance, guid-ance, his own curriculum, however he should not be allowed to follow ests MaHp During Week Pfl haVe D rfftpV nA J I. ree for "ua three on intoxication her nnA -i W,, " "wen uown U fcPtember - 3rd on C " Clifford Back-the Back-the 4th. Each P 00 by Judge na. iber oi. L.. IWO tranri. Parlous Loui. Cun-M Cun-M also . Plr ne taiov&A not be allowed to follow kssed W OO each 1 every course he sets, but the course i or wnicn ne seems oesi aaapiea. AMERICAN FORK WATER BOARD ISSUES STATEMENT Yesterday we enacted an ordinance providing for an election to determine de-termine whether or not the Metropolitan District of American Fork shall subscribe for 500 acre feet of water in the Deer Creek project. To get this water it is necessary for the district to buy 500 shares of stock in the Provo River Water Users Association. The association is the contracting agency which buys the project of the United States for its stockholders which consist of Metropolitan Water Districts, Irrigation companies, com-panies, Conservation Districts and others who actually use the water rights. In passing this ordinance we believe we are following the mandate of the voters of American Fork last February when they authorized the formation of the Metropolitan Water District, the first step necessary to get Deer Creek water, by an overwhelming vote of almost 5 to 1. We have made careful investigation into our needs and have consulted con-sulted with the mayor and members of the city council as to the amount of water that will-be necessary to supplement the supply for our city. There was more or less general agreement among those whom we consulted that 500 acre feet would be about the right amount for a supplemental right for this community. j Water for Improvement It is our firm conviction that if Airerican Fork increases its park capacity and takes care of future water services as the city grows, that all of this water will be needed and actually, used in our city before many years. If it should not be needed for a number of years until the future growth of this city requires it, then we have found that there will be plenty of opportunities to rent the water to farmers near by. The rental from the water will be sufficient to pay the annual payments to the Association for our subscription. We have considered the matter very carefully and have come to the r,cQnclusiqn that the taxpayers of this district should vote "Yes" on the question wfa port of this-reccomendation wesubmit the following reasons: Reasons Listed 1. We-shalL need water, for drouth years and for future growth and even for present necessities if any improvement program is- undertaken -such as we have mentioned. In the dry year of 1934 our needs in this respect were brought forcibly forci-bly to our attention. That year it became necessary to take irrigation water to use in the city mains. Even in this year (1937) of abundance of water many city gardens and adjoining farms have needed more water. One ditch lateral has had to pump water this summer. 2. There is no feasible source of obtaining an additional water supply sup-ply for the cities and towns of northern Utah County, except from the Weber, Duchesne and Provo Rivers in a project such as Deer Creek is planned plan-ned to be. 3. In order to get this water some agency such as the United States which can advance funds without interest will have to undertake such a mammoth undertaking. No one city, town or irrigation company could undertake it alone. 1 - 4. The United States has responded to many requests made by Utah representatives that such a project be undertaken, and following its reclamation recla-mation policy of some 30 years standing is building the jproject for the people and gives them 40 years in which to pay for it. No interest is to be charged on the amount of money invested in the project. No business enterprise, en-terprise, of course, could do a thing as generous as this, and only a Government Govern-ment which is interested in its people would undertake it. The Government Govern-ment is in no sense the promoter of the project, but is doing it to help reclaim re-claim the dester west. We surely can trust our own government. 5. We will be required only to pay our proportionate share of the actual cost of the project. The amount named in the repayment contract, to-wit: $7,600,000, Is the maximum. If the project costs less we pay our proportionate share of that lessened cost. Will Furnish Employment 6. Our citizens need employment. This project will spend $4,000,-000.00 $4,000,-000.00 or better for labor. We feel that we should take some part in building the proiect if we are to have our citizens employed. Employ ment will last about three years and it is estimated more than 3,000 men will be working that length of time. Also it is understood that an aqueduct to carry water to cities and towns in Salt Lake Valley will be built. This is not now a cart of the contract, but the Secretary of the Interior is com mitted to the DroDosal. and when this is built another five million dollars will be expended, which, of course, will have to be repaid by the cities and towns using the aqueduct. Much of the five million will be spent for labor and for materials in the central part of Utah. With this large amount of money being expended we cannot help but get a share of it. 7. Deer Creek water is call water that is, it is water held the same as money is held in the bank which can be called for when needed most. In this respect it is much more valuable than ordinary gravity water which we must take when nature sends it our way. Having storage water at our command is the very best insurance we can have for culinary supply and incidentally to help many of our farmers and gardners who would like to rent it when we don't need it. 8. Considering the fact that Deer Creek water is call water we think the cost is very reasonable. We are convinced that we will never be able to get it cheaper or under any better terms than are now being offered by the United States. Payments out of Rentals 9. The water can be paid for out of rentals received for it, or in the event it is used by the City as part of its culinary supply water rates will be sufficient to make the annual payments. We are particularly impressed with this since Salt Lake City completed an engineering report which shows that in that city the Deer Creek water, including an extra investment invest-ment of five million dollars for an aqueduct, can be paid for out of existing water rates without the necessity of levying property taxes, borrowing money, or even raising the water rates. Payments to be received from the new service made possible by having the water, it was found, would be sufficient to take care of the annual payments for Deer Creek water. Our city should be in a much better position for the reason that we will not have to pay for an expensive aqueduct, and for the further reason that we have adjacent farm lands which can use the surplus water we may have at a rental which will make our annual payments. There are many other reasons which we might urge, but space will not permit. We will be glad to furnish any information within our means to interested taxpayers, and we suggest in that connection that the best place to get information about this project is from those who have made a detailed study of it. - Finally, we urge the voting taxpayers of this city to consider the matter carefully, and we believe that after they have done this they will follow our recommendation and vote to subscribe for water Jn. the Deer Creek project. ' Respectfully submitted, STEPHEN T. SHELLEY, LOTT ROBINSON, WM. H. PRESTON, Directors of Metropolitan Water District of American Fork. American Fork Will Vote On Deer Creek Subscription Contract Tuesday, Sept. 21st A. F. Metropolitan Board Submits Proposition of Taking 500 Acre Feet of Water In Deer Creek Project American Fork citizens will have an opportunity to determine on Tuesday, September 21st, whether or not the people of this city shall secure a water right in the Deer Creek project. The election was ordered in an ordinance passed by the Metropolitan Water District of American Fork board of directors consisting of Lott Robinson, Stephen T. Shelley and Wm. H. Preston, in a special meeting held Thursday. Impressive Services Serv-ices Held Here for C. B. HaHiday . Impressive funeral services were held Wednesday at the Alpine Stake tabernacle for Cyprus Benjamin ' MaW'da'y'r 'TrtMtldalH,'agw o pany official and prominent L. D. 8. church worker, who died at a hospital in Bait ,lk,e . City from complications which developed following fol-lowing a major operaUon. He was 60 years of age. At the time of Mr. Halliday's death he was superintendent of the West Jordan factory. For the past 36 years he has been employed by the Utah-Idaho Sugar company: Mr. Halliday was born March 18, 1871 at Pleasant Drove, the son of J. W. and Louise Halliday. Following Follow-ing his education at the Pleasant Drove schools he attended the Brig-ham Brig-ham Young Academy at Provo. He filled a three year mission in Louisiana Loui-siana early in his life. Surviving are his parents, his mother, 84 years of age, and his father, 87 years of age, Pleasant Grove; his widow, Mrs. Mary Miller Halliday, two sons, Gene Halliday and Marlon Halliday; six brothers and sisters, J. W. Halliday, Mrs. J. H. Coombs, Mrs. O. R. Adamson and Vern L. Halliday. all of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Edward Wadley of Pleas ant Grove, and W. L. Halliday of Shelley, Idaho. Bishop Joseph H. Starrs was In charge of the services, which were as follows: "Sweet Hour of Prayer" by mixed double quartet; prayer, Raymond Clayton; solo, "Lord's Prayer" Mrs. C. E. Young, accompanied accom-panied by Wade Stevens; remarks, Bishop Oliver Humphries of Shelley, Idaho, and D. R. Smoot, representative represent-ative of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company; com-pany; solo, "Oh My Father," Rulon Nicholes; remarks from Virgil Goates of Midvale and President C. E. Young. Closing remarks were made by Bishop Storrs followed by a violin solo, "Home Sweet Home" by Miss Maxine Taylor. The benediction benedic-tion was pronounced by Bishop Glover of Midvale and postlude by Wade Stevens. Interment was made. In the city cemetery here, where the grave was dedicated by Lyle Nicholes. Butter Churns Being Installed In A. F. Plant The local Mutual Creamery plant Is to be fully equipped with butter churns and other necessary machinery ma-chinery to handle the creamery business after October 1, which in the past has been taken care of at their Salt Lake plant, It was announced an-nounced here this week. The entire building here has been renovated, cooler built, interior rearranged re-arranged and addiUons made to take care of this new phase of the creamery business. Workmen are now installing two 600-gallon pasturizers, two 1000-pound 1000-pound capacity butter chums, a five ton compressor to take care of the refrigeration at the plant and other necessary smaller machinery. When completely equipped and ready, butter, cottage cheese, American Amer-ican cheese and casein will be turned out here. Three more men will be employed and later when the cutting, wrapping and cartoning carton-ing of butter commences, from six to ten girls will be employed. Deer Creek Only Soaree Available The ordinance which was passed recites that the directors haw determined de-termined that it is necessary and desirable de-sirable for the district to obtain an additional water supply and that the only source available for such supply is from the Deer Creek Project, and that In order to obtain that supply it will be necessary for the district to subscribe for share of stock in the Provo River Water Users' Association which in turn . buyrtfcr the United States government. Five hundred shares Of stock in the Provo Pro-vo River Water Users' Association, which represent" 580 acre feet- -At water in the Deer Creek Project, it the amount which the directors are asking the electors and taxpayeni at American Fork to approve. Judge of Election Named . Leonard 8. Harrington, Thomas A. Greenwood and Grace Coates are named as the election Judges to preside at the election. American Pork City shall comprise one election elec-tion precinct and the polling place named Is the American Fork City Hall. The polls are to be open from 7 o'clock A. M. to 1 o'clock P. M- The ordinance further provides that all qualified electors who' have paid a property tax during the preceding pre-ceding year are eligible to vote at this election. Total Indebtedness Aaramed The ordinance further provides that the total principal indebtedness indebted-ness which will be incurred for the purchase of 500 shares of stock is $38,000, and that in addition thereto there-to there Is a contingent or possible liability of $13,300 which will only be Invoked in the event other stockholders stock-holders in the corporation fail to pay their assessments. Definite Proposition Submitted The definite question which will be placed on the ballot Is "Shall the Metropolitan Water District of American Fork enter into a contract con-tract with the Provo River Water Users' Association for the purchase of 600 shares of stock in said Association and incur a principal Indebtedness therefor in the sum of $38,000 and a contingent liability of $13,300?" The ballot shall also bear the the words, "Yes' and "No" accompanied accom-panied by voting squares set oppo site these words so that any quali fied elector may record his vote for or against the proposition. The voter will indicate his vote for or against the proposition by placing a cross in the square opposite the word "Yes" or "No." The ordinance is printed elsewhere in this edition of The Lehi Sun. Other Election Carried Overwhelmingly One election in connection with the metropolitan district has already al-ready been held here. That election elec-tion was held last February 6th for the purpose of determining whether or not a metropolitan district should be formed. The election was carried car-ried by a vote of almost S to 1. Provo Election Tomorrow Provo City holds a similar election elec-tion today at which it is expected expect-ed that the project will win by a wide majority. Other cities and towns of the county are preparing election ordinances which will be passed some time this week. The action of the directors If approved by the voters will go a long way to provide this city with a water supply to take care of present pres-ent needs and future growth. In years such as 1934 the additional 500 acre feet of water will be an insurance in-surance against burnt lawns, withering wither-ing gardens and trees dropping their leaves out of season. It would mean that our worries for culinary supply would be over. Generous Repayment Terms Particularly Is the subscription contract for Deer Creek water de-(Continued de-(Continued On Page Four |