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Show THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, September 10, 1953 n. THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Published Every Thursday at American Fork. Utah, by the ALPINE PUBLISHING CO, Enterad aa Second Oasa Matter, at the Poatofflc at American Fork, Utah, under the act of March 3. 1879 ft Ml 0 N A I lOITOIIAt Subscription Rate H80 Per Year Shift of Presumptions No broad statement of policy can be fully judged until it has been administered in enough specific cases td constitute a valid samplings ?And. the Department of Interior's new power policy pronouncement just issued by Secretary Douglas McKay contains of necessity a good many general terms. But taken as it stands, it appears reasonable and realistic a healthy but not a revolutionary change of direction. Until the change in administrations the direction had been toward a presumption that the federal government would develop hydroelectric power' on major streams unless there were definite reasons to the contrary. Under the new policy it is presumed that government will give "leadership and assistance" not only to the "wise utilization" but also to the "conservation" of the nation's resources including water. " ' And the government will tel$e plan and recommend construction con-struction of hydro projects where "size and complexity" are found beyond the means of "local public or private enterprise," enter-prise," But it now disclaims any exclusive "right or responsibility" responsi-bility" for developing the power resources of any "aret, basin, or region." , If it has been desirable to shift the presumptions of right and responsibility from federal to local and private shoulders, it is now just as important to make sure that the shift does not open the door to would-be exploiters of resources that belong to all the people. Here is where general statements can be especially open to slanted interpretations and where concrete application can be the only sure test With these qualifications, the McKay statement looks reasonable enough. It adds to the law's priorities a priority for domestic and rural customers against "large industrial users." It sets up a basic rate yardstick for federal power delivered to distribution centers. And there are other more generally worded, safeguards for the consumer. We wish the policy statement reasserted more explicitly federal responsibility for the orderly development of water resources. It does promise that the Interior Department will "actively plan." And in that word "actively" may lie the key. " We Are Specialists Front End Alligriment of oil Cars and Trucks We have the only UISUALIHER UNIT in North Utah County. SEE US FOR ESTIMATES Timpanogos Motor Co. ,J Main and Center, American . Fork, Utah PHONE tj l UjHEl by the pUc 9r th trvckleodl Your order will receive. . our careful attention re- ga&iess of sise" & don't ; " - hesitate-tocome- i talk over that tpecial project you have in mind. We can help with both Ideas and materials. We've on ABC Budget Payment Plan exactly suited to your income. No red tape. . .Start payments when job is finished. Come in today , and see our garage plans No obligation. No Down Payment 36 Months to Pay Back-Log From Citizen News Columns THIRTY YEARS AGO Well, folks, American Fork's baseball team is on its way for the cup and championship of the Central Utah League for 1923, and Judging from their playing they are going to win, With all the old players back. with Miller pitching andBarratt catching and all the rest of the players on their toes, there has been some "pep" put into the last three games. , The threshers are making good headway in Alpine this week. They keep the men busy filling the bins and the women busy filling the tables. This week will see the finish of most of the grain. More than 700 cars of peaches will be shipped from Utah County this season, according to R. D. Wadley, manager of the Utah County Farm Bureau. The pear shipment will not exceed 33 carloads. TWENTY YEARS AGO After 14 years of efficient and falfthful service In the capacity of public librarian, Mrs. Emma Foster tendered her resignation to the library board. 8he expects to leave soon for Bait Lake City to reside Mrs. James M. Orant has been selected by the board to fill Mrs. Foster's place. C. A. Orant, local Metropolitan Life Insurance agent, went over the top lnr a recent selling contest con-test conducted by the company and won a trip to Colorado Springs. Beautlflcatlon of the grounds surrounding Mutual Dell, the MIA home in American Fork Canyon, -was decided on at a meeting this week of Alpine, Lehl and Timpanogos stake representatives. rep-resentatives. The forest service men will direct the work and the labor will be partially provided through relief mediums. TEN YEARS AGO Elementary schools of Alpine School District will not open next Monday because of the polio epidemic, It was announced Wed nesday by superintendent David R. Mitchell. The -Junior and senior high schools will open for short days due to the necessity neces-sity for help in the harvest fields. Mrs. Emma 8telner and Owen O. Humphries were sustained as heads of the MIA organizations In the First Wara Sunday night. Mrs. Clyde Blrk and JThero'n Whltely were released from the positions. Mrs. Jasper Eves presented her husband with a daughter 8ept. 5. 11 Recurring Question Are women safer drivers than men? Well, you cant prove it by the National Safety Council. In the 1933 edition of "Accident Facts.1 Its statistical yearbook, the Council Is forced to beg the Issue because no one knows how many miles each sex drives. The Council knows that eight out of 100 drivers Involved in fatal accidents in 1953 were women. Drivers of the fairer sex figured In 12 out of 100 motor vehicle accidents of all types. But there are not as many women drivers as men, and they drive a lot less. And since no one knows how much less, the argument must go-on, and even the authoritative National Safe ty Council -cant settle It. 13 UTAH VSULCV What a nation can do in a few short years by cooperation and Intelligent planning was emphasized em-phasized at a ..Pleasant Grove Lions' Club meeting last Wednesday. Wednes-day. Special guests of the club were Kemal Ookcora, Turkish Assist ant Minister of Agriculture, and four of his Turkish associates. Two of the four were high school principals, and the other two were vocational school leaders of the near-East republic missing the boat widely in their failure to cooperate with each other. . , . These men were sent here by their government, npt to spy on us, but to find out better ways to do constructive things for the benefit of their own country. They came in an open and free manner, with a- willingness to tell of their own ways of doing things, In the hope that they could Improve their own methods. meth-ods. If Just a fraction of the money and energy now being expended bbj the Communist and free na tions, for present and future wars, could be devoted to research re-search In the betterment of humanity, hu-manity, the world would soon be- The delegation was In Utah ascome a paradise. a part of their nation-wide Itl nerary, studying the practices and the teaching of agriculture In the United States. According to Mr. Ookcora, Tur key threw off the shackles of the monarchlal form of government 30 years ago, and since then has been enjoying a democratic way of life quite similar to our own. The progress Turkey has made since 1923 along social, educational, educa-tional, and industrial lines has really been' astounding "Our educational system," said Mr. Ookcora, "provides free education educa-tion for everyone; from kindergarten kinder-garten through college." The speaker stated that school attendance at-tendance Is compulsory through the primary grades, and option al thereafter. While listening to this refined and cultured gentleman, the writer was struck with the thought that by far and large, the nations of the world are If hata could btf replaced with love, and secrecy could give way to friendliness, and cooperation, the standard of living throughout through-out the world could be raised almost al-most overnight Perhaps sometime, men will be intelligent enough to share ideas, facilities, and resources with their fellowmen, in a program of universal human betterment. Oreat opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation prep-aration to take - advantage of them, Is simple fideUtjrtoirhat each day brings. A. E. Dunning utam rouir X New Library Books Scarlet Royal by Anne Emery" The Mclntlre family, Margo, Connie, Molly and their mother, love horse and everything about horses. When unexpectedly fac ed with the necessity of making weir own living, the girls de cided to- open a riding school with a string of horses that has been left to them. scarlet Royal, a beautiful chestnut horse, la Margo's pride and Joy. To others he seems tem-permental tem-permental and difficult to han dle, but between Margo and scarlet Royal there is a unique feeling of loyalty and understanding. understan-ding. When clcumstanceS' force the sale of the chestnut to a girl whom Margo finds difficult to like, she feels a deep sense of loss that time doesnteem to help. ' But the responsibilities of maintaining their country home and the constant problems of caring for the horse and running run-ning a riding school keep Margo and her sisters busy. When' they give room and board to Nell Campbell, a young student at a nearby college In exchange for his help with the horses, things become easier -and the entire family finds new confidence In their venture. How Margo finally gets Scarlet Scar-let Royal back and how she finds romance makes this story about a girl, a boy and a horse top-flight reading tor girls 13 to IS. ' USED CAB PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL For lowest price in town visit our used car lot. Buy of the week 1949 Pontlac Streamliner Delux 8, radio and heater, new tires, m6tor In top shape, very good style 1993. Paul L Harmon Co. m West Main SL American Fork, Utah fontlaa Dealer GOODWILL USED CARS Pbone555 '.' Sixteen Attend BYU Summit Class, Sixteen members of the Alpine Stake have completed a ten weeks course in genealogical research re-search at the Bruham Young University conducted by Archibald Archi-bald F. Bennett, secmaxjr to the Oenealogical society of the IDS Church Thursday afternoon of last week as "many of the group as could made atrip to the Oenealogical Oen-ealogical library in Salt Lake City Ci-ty where they were shown how to use the various departments to the best advantage. Those taking the classes were Mr. and Mrs. .Albert Schmuhl, Howard Nlcholes, Bareeh O. Storrs, Oeorgla Parry, Relva Booth Ross, Ruby T. Clayson, Meda A. Hunsaker, Vera 8. Thompson, Anna Gray, Estelle Park, Norylene O. Harding, Mabel Ma-bel P. McNeill, Jean H. Wof ford, A. Ray Ellison, and Kenneth L. Robinson. l-vii our 5 UTAH POULTRY Mhnogtr Saytt H eurr mi W. N. 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