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Show THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN ; THURSDAY, APRjx PAGE TWO THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Published Every Thursday at American Fork. Utah, by the ALPINE PUBLISHING CO. Entered as Second Class Matter, at the Postoff ice at American Fork, Utah, under the act of March 3. 1879 Ntil AdverWIaf tsssateHvt NOIWfPAPIO AAVIBtmiVS fIBYICI. iKti A 4 Subscription Rate $150 Per Year Iff A.ftl al -Vii J nvvpOTv wywsw it vviett EDITORIAL PROPER GUIDANCE, For those who want to be sW they don't drink iced tea during "National Hot Tea IWeek," or that they don't drink Old Gran Dad on "National Grandmother's Day," or that they don't wear a warm mackinaw during "National. Sweater Week ..." In short, for those who wouldn't be caught dead unless it were "National Drop Dead Week," the U. S. Department of Commerce, bless its cunning little bureaucratic heart, has gone to end of research and is now out with a 32-page volume entitled "Special Days, Weeks and Months in 1950." According to a press release received this week about the booklet, special events listed for 1950 include 154 days and 124 weeks. We defy anybody to show us a calendar with 124 weeks on it, but anyway that's what the' book says. By the way, there are going to be two Thanksgivings again this year. In most states and the District of Columbia, the day will be celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, Novem-ber, but in a few states the statutes provide for its observance on the last Thursday. In 1950, the first time in several years, there will be five Thursdays in November. Mt. Pleasant Pyramid own home and did a great deal I also worked for the Co-op after PIN A MEDAL ON MRS. CUSTOMER Nails hold . the house together, the shoppers are the nails who hold the community together. If every shopper took her grocery list and went to Proyp, the local grocery stores would fold-up. The same would be true of every type of merchandise. With a situation, like this the business section would become a virtual ghost town. It is the shopper's dimes and dollars that make our com munity possible and if everyone was a 100 per cent spender at home, the shopping district would be several times larger and better than it it at present. Many shoppers are of course, penny-wise and pound fool ish. An item may cost a dime here and nine cents in another town but most shoppers forget to add the cost of transports tion, the cost of time, and the fact they increase the possibility of accidents when they go to buy the nine-cent item. Merchants are morally bound to offer their products at the lowest possible price, offer the widest possible selection, and keep abreast the latest merchandise methods. iisdD mm Casket Making Was Early Industry in American Fork by Mrs. Earl Larson Following up the two stories of American Fork's early industries it Is interesting to learn about the first tailor in American Fork. William Julian immigrated from England In 1853 and Immediately settled in American Fork. He had apprenticed to a tailor in England for seven years and so was very skilled in his trade. He opened a tailor shop in his Tanneries The first tannery for the pres ervatten and tanning of leather in Utah was started in American Fork by Jonas Holdsworth, father of William J. Holdsworth. He learned the trade in England With his family he arrived in Lehl in the fall of 1862. The first tannery was down south Center street near the first homes. He In Our Community LET US HAVE LATELY REMEMBERED American Fork is dead. A tombstone has been erected to prove it. It has expired. Peace and quiet and disintegration follow expiration. It doesn't call for the expediture of energy or thinking or planning. It could be left there but that is not good enough. Six thousand-Tohrateers-are"needed f or "its -resurrectionr Six thousand people who believe It has a glorious future. Six thousand people are needed to plan and blue print its days .-following resurrection Let these six-thousand prove that .American Fork is a progressive , community,, that At ..is,, a friendly place to live. ; From where I sit fy Joe Marsh His Punch is His Signature Wu on the train np to Central (Sty the other day and when the conductor came around, I naked Urn why their ticket pnnchea make nch odd-shaped holes In the ticket "Every conductor in the country has a different design for his . punch," he tells me. "Some even how np a fellow's preferences. Now take mine. The hole it makes ' looks like a beer goblet" 8ure enough! Then he went on to say that the punch Is Just like the eoad adorVslgiiatare. Makes It nay to trace tickets ... to check np If somethinf happens.' From where I sit eren though your ticket is punched differently from mine, it still gets you where you're going. Just like people with their opinions. You might like coffee, cof-fee, another person, tea and 111 -settle for a temperate glass of beer. But what does it matter, so : long as we. respect the right of the other to have tastes and opinions? We're all trying to. go in the saint direction towards a friendlier, more pleasant world for all of us. CepyTlihtJ9S0UntiSMt Brnmt Founiatim of work for people both in American Ameri-can Fork and Lehl. The first suit of clothes he made was a very fine one for. Washburn Chipman. The work was so well done that Mr. Julian had no trou ble obtaining work. After the American Fork Co-op store was established he made overalls for them. Casket Making When Charles Logle immi grated from Australia with his family and settled in American Fork he began making caskets in conjunction with his carpenter trade. This was a welcome addition addi-tion to the industries of the com munity because Jt saved trips to Salt Lake City or using . makeshift make-shift caskets. In the very early days of the settlement when the first wife of Josiah Nicholes died they had to make her casket from the wagon box in wnicn thpv had crossed the mains, u was all the lumber available. Many of the older people re member Mr. Logie, not only for his fine carpenter work, but be cause1 every night he rang ine nine o'clock curfew w h 1 c h brought all the young - people home from the streets. In the diary of William Pax- man a description of a casket made bv Mr. Loeie is given as follows: "Sunday, Feb. 18, 1873. Spent the entire day preparing for the burial of our deceased brother James Clark. Had the coffin covered with black alpaca and pannelled with black (Black was the usual color ior casaew.; velvet two Inches wide and the Inside lined with. bleach with a border of lace three inches wide with narrow edging around the edge, which lookes very neat.' In 186ft Em 11 Anderson, a skilled skill-ed cabinet maker from Denmark came to American Fork and began be-gan making caskets and took up the undertaking business as weu, At that time there was no way to preserve the bodies of those who had died except to pack them in ice and in warm weather this was not always possible. Sometimes the funeral had to be held the dav following death. nut Brother Anderson went back east and studied embalming and with his brother opened up undertaking Darlors here. When Fmii died hia brother and his son Warren F. Anderson took over the business which now has hoen in the same family for more than 80 years. Adobe Making In the year 1863 Andrew and James Crystal natives of Scotland, Scot-land, immigrated to Utah and settled in American Fork. In their native land they had been miners but after one of their brothers was killed in a mine accident they began to look for another trade In. American .Fork they could see 'the great need for building materials so . turned to ..that., of adobe making (sometimes called "sundried brick", After- they had sold enough to pay for it they bought a lot and built them selves each a three room adobe home. There ' are still nvuiy adobe homes in town that were built by the Crystal brothers. To day most of those homes are cov ered witbnstucco and. the pioneer adobes make the substantial walls. Closely allied with the adobe making was the stone mason who built the foundations. Men as soclated with this industry., were Robert Cunningham; Ebenezet Hunter," Thomas Featherstone, Fred Wright, and John Blnns. Stone masonry is now almost a lost art. Bakeries There is little known about the first bakery in this locality. A Mr.. Hammer., tried,! the .business and had his ovens dug in the hill between Second and Third North streetsrbut pioneer -women-were too thrifty to buy bakery products pro-ducts and he soon moved1 away. Later a Mr. Stevenson had a bakery on Merchant street but that too was of short duration. that Institution began working a tannery. Shoemaking While Jonas Holdsworth operated op-erated a tannery there was a little old man, whose name no One seems to remember, lived in Lehl. He would get the leather from the tannery and go into the homes and live with the families while he made shoes for them. When William R. Webb came to American Fork about 1869 he opened a shoemaking and repair shop in the eld Co-op store. Later he moved to Church street and then in the building where the American Fork Shoe Shop is now located. Mr. Webb and his son George made shoes for the children of the community for many years, until the Industry in the east developed de-veloped and factory made shoes were more easily available. After that they did repair work. George Webb carried on the business after the demise of his father and then he took Edward Smith in with him. The business which has carried on continuously for about 80 years is now managed by Edward W. Smith, son of Edward. Back-Log From Citizen News Columns TEN YEARS AGO Construction of the "finest open air dance pavilion in Utah county" at American Fork Is contemplated by the management. manage-ment. of the Apollo Hall, it was announced this week. By Woodbury Wood-bury and his sensational NBC band have been booked for the summer season. At a meeting of the Utah county coun-ty Republicans in Provo Satur day, Mrs. R. L. Ashby was elected chairman by acclamation, and O. DeVere Wootton was reelected secretary of the organization. probably 75.000 fleeces owned by American Fork sheepmen, which at eight pounds to the. fleece would make a total of 600,000 pounds of wool. At the present prices (23 to 27c) it should bring elose to $140,000. r TWENTY YEARS AGO The state yesterday paid over $53,200 to land owners in Amerl can Fork, the purchase price for 485.4 acres of land and water rights for a site for the Utah State Training School. American Fork is one of the few towns in Utah to gain in population during the past ten years. Census Supervisor Whitehead White-head reports that the preliminary count April 1, 1930, shows that American Fork's population is 3,037, as compared with 2,763 for the census of 1920. THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TO THE YOUNG MAN READY FOR HIS FIRST LONG TROUSERS Graduates, we envy you for the many delightful experiences Life still holds fresh and novel for you. And one of the greatest of these is the thrill of pride you will feel wMn you put on your first pair of long trousers. ROYAL STORE E. J. Seastrand, manager Shearing at the Fairfield pens is about half over. There are Among others who were shoemakers shoe-makers and leather workers were James Shelley, James Spencer, James H. Barratt, and James T. Gardner. Card of Thanks We deeply appreciate the thoughtful expressions of sympathy sym-pathy arid the lovely flowers from our many friends and neighbors. We are grateful lor the cars and for the assistance rendered before and during the services, and all kindly acts, for the singing, music, and the words of consolation during our recent bereavement. Mrs. Dan B. Hlndley and Son Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hindley and family IN SALT LA THE wrnri NEVVHOUy Tasty LUNCHEONS DINNERS Tender Juicy Steaks $1.00 Open 11 A. M. to 12 P. M. Daily Alpine Villa Cafe State Highway Tel. 3711 PLEASANT GROVE Feather-bedding scheme of Firemen's Union to put an additional fireman on diesel locomotives has been Factfinding Boards appointed by Presidents Roosevolt and Trumc havo said these demands were "devoid of merit" and they Is m1 were m Ms 2 Now thb Firemen's leaders seek to pdralyzo railroad tranctwtntim to compel the railroads to employ a wholly unnecessary additionc fireman to ride on diesel locomotives. This schemo is plain nnnn mm UUU mm m n Leaders or the Firemen's "union have tailed a mtiottwMe- ItrarstaHing witr (our great, railroads, pn April 26.. These railroads are the New York Central, Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, Santa FeTtfnd Southern. The union claim that a second fireman is needed on grounds of safety is sheer hypocrisy. Safety has been dragged into this dispute only in an unsuccessful effort to. give a cloak of respectability to vicious feather-bedding demands. - ' After a careful study of the first demands de-mands of this union, a Presidential Fact Finding Board on May 21, 1943, reported to President Roosevelt that there was no need for an extra fireman on diesel locomotives, Again, on September 19, 1949, after a second hearing on the union leaders' de- r mands, a second Board reported, to President Presi-dent Truman that; "there presently exists no need for an additional fireman . . . upon either the ground of safety or that of efficiency and economy of operation." Safety Record of Diesels la' Outstandingly Good Although the railroads accepted the Board findings, the union leaders have brazenly rejected them. They represent that an ..e man w Heeded ibc.', 'safety rea sons. Here's what the Board had to say on that point: -s-- "Th 'afety and on-time performance of diesel electric locomotives operated under current rules have been notably good ... "Upon careful analysis of the data submitted sub-mitted on safety, we have concluded that no valid reasons have been shown as a support for the Brotherhood prc-i - posal under which a fireman would be required to be at all times continuously In the cab of road diesels. The proposal must be rejected." The real reason behind the8edemandsis that the union leaders are trying to make jobs where there is noxwork., In-other words, a plain case of "feather-bedding." The railroads have no intention of yield-Ing yield-Ing to these wasteful make-work demands. .""The loffty Record of Diesels Is Ootstandingly Good.. PKMIDBNTIAfc FACT FINDING BtMHD R! Read these excerpts from "official repM of Presidential Fact Finding Board "The safety record of Diesels is standingly good, and it follows tkj the safety rules now stpplicble k produced good results." I 'The safety and on-time perfonntf of Diesel-electric locomotives opeM under current rules indicats tkj Dieeef-electric operation has been M than steam locomotive operation Remember I These are not statemenM the railroads. They are Just a few of many similar conclusions reached by P" dent Truman's Fact Finding Board wt spent months Invoatlaatlna the cUlWi the union leaders. i We are publishina- thi. at first hand ahnT.t ? uve"nents to talk to you. 'lVn which are important to everybody. |