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Show Two THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, May 10, I95fl THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Published Every Thursday at American Fork, Utah, by the ALPINE PUBLISHING CO. Entered as Second Class Matter, at the Postoffice at American Fork, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rate $2.50 Per Year Soil, The Priceless Gift Productive soil is God's most priceless gift to man. It is the one tangible gift without which neither animals nor plants can survive. Man depends on it for food, clothings and many of the raw products of industry. Virgin soil of humid-temperature regions is a complex , mixture of the residues of rocks, plants, and animals, plus countless invisibly small forms of life. Although constantly changing within, through complex processes of weathering and the unceasing activities of both microscopic and higher forms of plant and animal life, it retains in its natural environment en-vironment perpetual productiveness. Down through the centuries man has upset the natural " balance of birth, death, and re-birth of the soil with his sharp-ened,sticks, sharp-ened,sticks, axes, plows, and fire, not with intention to damage dam-age the land, but to produce essential food and raiment for himself. Unwittingly he set in motion the process of erosion, which has damaged or ruined millions of acres of the Lord's land. At one time, America was wasting its God-given soil at a faster rate than any race or nation, civilized or barbaric. Yet today America holds world leadership in soil conservation. conserva-tion. Working together through their own Soil Conservation Districts, our farmers and ranchers are moving steadily toward to-ward the kind of soil stewardship which provides security for land and people, better understanding and cooperation, and deeper, appreciation of man's relation to his Creator. They are finding rich new values with profound influence en world understanding. I have often wondered what Jeremiah had reference to when he said ". . .the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth .it to heart." Possibly he was speaking of worn out, eroded land, for he added the lamentation: 'They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns . . ." Whatever was meant, surely we have reaped too many thorns from misuse of the soil.' I. am convinced from a lifetime life-time of seeking security for the land, that such, teaching as will come from the nation's pulpits will result in fewer thorns and a richer life for those who are stewards of the Lord's land.'': Former Chief, U. S. Soil Conservation Service, Retired. HUGH-JLRENNETT- 4-H Club News SUr-It-Up Cluk Members of the Stlr-It-Up Club met Thursday, May - 3 at the home of Mrs. .HersheP Crotts, vnder the direction of their leader, Mrs. Marion Robinson. Jeanne Paxman and Fae Stewart Cave talks on safety and health. Roll biscuits were made and Mrs. Robinson gave a demon stration on how to make cinnamon cinna-mon biscuits and Jelly triangles. All members were present. I FACE CHANGER . . . The $208 million Central Utah Project a unit of the Upper Colorado River Project win make many changes in the face of Utah as it transports and stores 137,600 acre feet of water now going to waste in the Pacific Ocean. Many new reservoirs and other structures will come into being as the project gathers water in the high Uintahs, transports it over, around and through the mountains to an enlarged Strawberry Reservoir where it will be stored for later use by farms, cities and Industries al ong the west side of the Wasatch Was-atch Mountains'. NEW TUNNEL. . . In order to transport this new water through the Wasatch Divide and into the valley below, the present pre-sent 8.6 foot, horseshoe Straw berry Tunnel will be enlarged to a s.s loot circular structure at a cost of more than $5-mllllon. From there, the water will pass down Diamond Fork and Spanish Span-ish F or k " CanyoM,passmg through four power plants with combined capacity of 81,000 kilowatts on the way. Money from the sale of this, power estimated es-timated at nearly $2-milllon per year will help repay the cost of the project. NEW AQUEDUCT. . . . In Its Journey through the power plants and out over the bench lands south of Spanish Fork and Payson, the water will be transported trans-ported through the 'Wasatch Aqueduct a 20-mile stretch of canal, pipe and siphon. Two smaller storage reservoirs will be built to regulate the flow a $4.1 million dollar structure at Monk's Hollow, ' 14 miles up Spanish Fork Canyon, and a $360 thousand reservoir at Ooosenest, three miles south of Payson. From the aqueduct, the water would empty into the 17- mlle-long Mona - Nephi Canal and be used on lands between Santaquln and Nephl and as far west as Elberta in Utah County. - NEW LAKESHORE. . . Another major feature of the Central Utah Ut-ah Project will make a notable change in the outline of Utah Lake. Construction of the $1-mllllon $1-mllllon Provo Bay Dike, 6.7 miles long and 20 feet high, will cut off the eastern arm of the lake making 9340 acres of rich bottom land available for arming. arm-ing. In addition to conserving water, the new dike would make an excellent route xor a new highway and its use as such might save a good deal of mon ey. JORDAN RIVER . . . The project pro-ject - includes improving the channel and increasing the ca pacity of the Jordan River from Utah Lake through the Jordan Narrows. Additional water made available would go into the new West Valley Canal, which would run from the Utah-Salt Lake County line along the west side of the "Jordan River to Magna-Garfield, Magna-Garfield, a distance of 18 miles. CITY WATER. . . The water supply for Salt Lake City "would be increased by construction of Bates Reservoir on the Provo River above Deer Creek. This additional storage, plus water now being used in South Utah County, should be sufficient to meet all anticipated needs of Bait Lake Valley until the year 2000, according to experts. Next week, I will discuss how the Central Utah Project benefits the Uinta Basin area Back-Log From Citizen News Columns TEN YEARS AGO Ersel Fagan was elected presl dent of the American Fork Jun ior Chamber of Commerce at their meeting May 2, succeeding Frank Greenwood. Other officers offi-cers include L. Cv Lassen, r)ce president; Glen Maxwell, secretary; secre-tary; Harold Hollndrake, Dick Rogers and Irvin Chipman, three year directors; William H. Wright and Glen B. Greenwood, one year directors; R. W. Mad- sen, buck private, and Frank Greenwood, state director. Semophores were -put up at the Main and Center street intersection in-tersection last Friday and as soon as the state road commls sion erects signs at either end of town notifying of their approach ap-proach they will be working on a three way signal At present an alternating caution light Is working over both lanes of traf flc. TWENTY YEARS AGO Miss Fern Marsh and Miss Lucille Mulr, both of Alpine, will be the eo-validlctoriana of the Seminary graduating class of 1036. The two girls scholastic rstlnt.was sQ close the honor was given to both. Emily Cur-rle Cur-rle was next high In the rating and win give a part on the program. A year of activity in the Mutual Mut-ual Improvement Association was brought to a close Tuesday night when the stake honor night was held and awards given giv-en the wards in recognition of the courses of study completed this year. THIRTY YEARS AGO The 100th quarterly conference convened in the Alpine Stake Tabernacle at 10 o'clock Saturday Satur-day wiGTTresident James H. Clarke in charge.- General authorities present were Orson F. Whitney and President Levi Edgar Young of the First Council Coun-cil of Seventies. , Monday night the basement of the Bank of American Fork building was flooded with water which overflowed from the Irrigation Irri-gation ditch on Center Street Just below the railroad tracks on First North. The water flooded the streets and filled in to the excavation for the new bank Improvements, Im-provements, forced its way through the doors into the roonu formerly occupied by the Crooks-ton Crooks-ton Barber Shop. 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Fork City There seems to be a misunderstanding misun-derstanding on the part of a great .many people about zoning and building and the regulation of building, remodelling, repairs and sanitation. No building is to be started without a permit. This also in cludes remodelling, repairs over fifty dollars and the putting on of new siding, plumbing and electrical repairs. Permits are issued lor one year. If building is not started within sixty days or If abandoned for sixty days the permit is auto matically cancelled. Tnere are restrictions on where you can build for your own protection and the protec tlon of your neighbors. There are sanitary regulations for the protection of your own family and the public, to prevent sewer gas entering your home and endangering the health of your family, and to prevent back syphonage of unsafe water into our water systems. - Please cooperate with us In making American Fork a cleaner and more beautiful place to live Alfred W. Johnson, Building Inspector , Resident's Mother Dies in Lehi Mrs. Xrma Dubois McCormick Kyte, 73, mother oi Mrs. George Elton, 341 North 3rd East, died at 4 a.m. Tuesday in LehL She has been making her home with . . . ner aaugnter. She was born December' S, 1882, In Santaquln, the daughter of Charles L. and Elizabeth demons Dubois. She was a housewife and a member of the Santaquln LDS Ward. She was past president of the Relief Society, So-ciety, Primary and a school teacher for 32 years. Burvlvors include daughters and sons, Mrs- George Elton. American Fork; Mrs. Melba Marshall, Mar-shall, Tooele; Mrs: E. J. Klrby, Coblna, Calif.; Kent McCormick, Tooele; Jack McCormick; Alham bra Calif.; George McCormick, Long Beach, Calif.; II grandchildren; grand-children; 14 great-grandchildren; one sister and three brothers, broth-ers, Mrs. Daisy Wadsworth, Salt Lake City; J. L. Dubois, Salt Lake City; Ralph Dubois, Fair field; Ell C. Dubois, Clearfield. Funeral services will be held In Santaquln. 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But the big answer comes from a sure fact more folks have 6!iscoveredi you get mor$ pun automobile for your money tn Butch than you get elsewhere. Here, you get the extra wallop of big new Buick power raised to a new high and pouring in smooth whisper from a brand-new 822-cubic-inch V8 engine of true high compression. Here, you get the matchless buoyancy of Buick'i great new ride the extra-safe feeling of Biiick s new handling ease the extra stretch-out comfort of Buick roominess the extra solidity and strength of Buick structure the extra pride and prestige of Buick 's new styling and dash. Here, too -and nowhere 'else -you can get the silk-, smooth performance and flash-fast response of Bulck s advanced new Variable Pitch Dynaflow-the worlds only transmission with the gas-saving mileage and switch-pitch action of the modern airplane propeller. This week-this very day, if you wish-you can sample all these Buick blessings to your heart 's content and your pocket's joy. Why not drop in on us and do just that? Neu Advanced Variablt Pitch Dynajlow it the only Dijnaflow tiuicK buiuu today, it it ttanaara on Roaamatter, Super md Century optional at mode extra cost on the Special. fjzrn AIROONOITIONINO - -- ' mm . eoob niw low rniea TWPfw pPiivii en vRf wtww pihs wiiwi vrvuri PRIOIOAIM OONOITIONINO Xt t tin aw tmm .CXCK YOUl CAI-CHia ACClOfNTS. .whin urn AUTOMOintt am sunt iuick wtu iuilo tminu !Paol L. Harmon 297 WcMoin Street Phone 555 Americon Fork ; from 7 to 9 pjn.. - |