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Show LEIII, UTAH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 1940 NUMBER d Conference tWPA Sewing Gen. Bingham Canyon In 1878 TFire Prevention TLehi One of Cities Maw and Colton Lead In Run-Off Election Wns In Project Will Employ 600 Week To Be Observed Here Listed For Prospective Pros-pective Airport A!Y Salt Lake City VOL XXV of this stake are plan- l.umA the various sessions 'M 1 comi-annual confer- . r the L. D. S. church In Salt Friday, awuuy and Ucity: Grant, who ia r " ..,. nf sure, and his coun- 1 will direct the sessions of Terence at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. 'Ly Saturday and Sunday. Mem- of Uie COUiu-u w . .w , first councu 01 dcchvj -."adding bishopric will speak. other Friday iuuuwui site of the 01a can, , a 4:30 p. m.; iiuuiai vit, v, new Deseret Industries plant at j p m. and conference of the Genealogical Society of Utah at 7 m. in the taoernacie. ur. jo"u 1 widstne. member of the council of twelve apostles, will address the idght session and special music and "jmanc presentations are pisumcu. 'Saturday at 7:45 a. m. persons connected with the church welfare logram will hear instructions ana mmcil relative to widespread wel fare activities from the church first and other leaders in tne Assembly Hall. Saturday at 4:15 m. the seventies and stake mis sionaries' conference will convene in Barrett hall with Presiding LeGrand Richards to be principal speaker. The church's general priesthood leetlng will be held Saturday at 7 . m. in the tabernacle, while at the same time the Primary association wil present a program in the As sembly hall dealing with the Im portance of reading scriptures. Scheduled Sunday are an Aaronic priesthood convention at 8 a. m. for lesser priesthood leaders, and the Deseret Sunday School union conference con-ference at 7 p. m., plus 10 a. m. and J p. m, general sessions. '"David O. will speak on a "Church of fte Air" nation-wide broadcast from the tabernacle at 11 a. m., which will be 1 feature of the conference. Local Woman Injured When Struck By Auto L J. Morton of this city suffered serious injuries when' she struck by an automobile Saturday Satur-day night on the highway just north Springville. She suffered a corn-Pound corn-Pound fracture of both legs below knees. Both bones in both legs w broken and she was scratched ffld bruised about her body. ( rding to reports, Mrs. Mor- had accompanied her grand-Ma, grand-Ma, Miss Greta Churchill, to rouer skating rink at Park Ro-and Ro-and after leaving there were ng to catch the Orem bus to Jm to Lehl. The bus was ap- and Mrs. Morton became Jed and ran across the road the path of an approaching car, 2 E.E.Hood of Provo. The fj declared he did not see her me to avoid the accident. &m bulance was Imme-4 Imme-4 St"? Morton was rushed Z t h0Spital- wher she was "mediate medical treatment Vtii investigated by ank Metcalf of Ajt Mortn was CitCdSmtes Birthday Mrs, v , hlaS Thomas- one of Lehi's r cfi reSPected ed CTS Sunday-a Sunday-a er.tZ e occasion her 5aitSrned at a chicken U Hunt tmlfMr-and wl centerpiece. W &e avowing: .U. A. Jones of '"OS n.a .. ""O. TOY 1.: sons. Malin. j.u,,ay. of Morn r ,;' Vor Provo, A Virginia' e Hunter of Provo. t More than 600 Utah men and women will be employed during the next 12 months in a W P A statewide state-wide sewing project, totaling $720,-403 $720,-403 for which presidential approval was received Saturday. The project Is sponsored by the state department depart-ment of public welfare. Anticipated production under the 1940-41 program will be more than 649,000 clothing articles for Utah's needy. Because of Improved equipment and working methods an increase of 25 to 50 per cent in production over the 1939-40 program is expected, Mrs. Amy LaiCoste, chief of W P A welfare projects, reported. The work Is under the direction of Mrs. Ruby S. Garrett, state director of W P A professional and service projects. The program allows for operation and maintenance of sewing rooms, including the making of clothing, household articles, surgical dressing, first aid supplies, and similar articles; arti-cles; and renovation and repair of donated clothing. Products of the program, tentatively tenta-tively slated to open October 10, will be distributed without charge to charitable institutions or to the needy, and a portion may be used on other W P A projects, Darrell J. Greenwell, state W P A acimini-. strator said. : Sewing projects are among the earliest sponsored under the federal works program, being in operation in ERA days and continued since 1935 under W P A programs. During 1939-40 between 500 and 600 persons were employed on the sewing project. The 1940-41 allotment allot-ment provides for 556 women and 55 men working 30 hours weekly. Units will be in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, Price, Helper, Castle Dale, Springville, Lehi, Richfield, Parowan, Delta, Mt. Pleasant, JDtah State Hospital , of Provo, Eureka, Tooele, Parmington and Midvalel ' Anticipated production under the ! new program includes overalls, shirts, undershirts, shorts, trousers, jackets, layettes, dresses, sheets, pillow pil-low cases, huck towels, terry towels, bloomers, long coats, snow suits, pajamas, pa-jamas, night gowns, slips and blouses. L. 0. Christof f er-son er-son Called by Death Lafayette Omer. Christof ferson, 57, passed away Sunday evening at 6:20 p. m. In the American Fork hospital, following a several months' illness. . He was born September 26, 1883 in Omer, Arizona, the son of Peter J. and Anna Peterson Christoffer-son. Christoffer-son. He came to Lehi with his parents par-ents when he was eight years of age and had spent most of his life here since that time. He Is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Andrew Christ-, offerson of Lehi, Joseph Christoff-erson Christoff-erson of. Twin Falls, Idaho; Mrs. Leah Bushman of Lehi, Mrs. Pearl Adamson of American Fork, and the following half-brothers and sisters: Mrs. O. B. Garth of Loma, Colorado; E. J. Christof ferson and Alex Christof ferson, tooth of Lehi; Mrs. Roy Harris of Magna, Dr. Erma Martinson of Detroit, Michigan; Mich-igan; Mrs. George Sparr of Cedar City, Ward Christofferson of Valejo, California, and Wallace Christofferson Christoffer-son of Salt Lake City. Impressive funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p. m. in the Fourth ward chapel, under the direction di-rection of Bishop Linel Larsen. The Invocation was offered by President A. Carlos Schow. LeRoy Davis then sang. "O May My Walk Be Close With God." accompanied by Mrs. Marie Smith. Grant Christofferson, a nephew, read the biographical sketch. Speakers were Bishop Joseph E. Smith, President Virgil H. Peterson and John Smith, each of whom brought out many splendid gospel thoughts and emulated outstanding characteristics in the life of the deceased. Mrs. Rula Dorton, Mrs. Isabel Brown and Mrs. Leota Peterson sans S mo, -rrayer TOv companies W Mrs. Smith, ana as Tp'v sine I they sang " , i the closing number "Christian's Goodnight. Bishop Larsen made closing re-j marks and Elisha H. Peck oilerea the closing prayer. 1 Interment was made in the city ty cemetery where Harry Stoker dedi- I -. ' S. . - i 1 - m,,v,,,rft,' ,.r : swA-Xk Bingham Canyon, 1878 Early history of Bingham Is ex- Captain Joseph R. De Lamar, VlfZ !hf t!tOTn?UV Ploneer Mercur operator, became a virtual wasteland into a humming . , . . , . ' ,. industrial community and the most interested with Colonel Wall and Important single enterprise ia the Bent, two young , ngtaeew in hi state . , . employ at Mercur, D. C. Jackllng ' ' . . . . , ' , and Robert C. Gemmell, to Bingham ,.T 8 PiCre ab2Te ,w?s laken ln to investigate the possibilities of 1878 and those who vis t the camp the porphyry. ' Their joint report today find difficult to visualize after an extesivft examination and the industry that has been created mill tests, recommended Its ac- h!aH CaD.yn fMthe m luisltion. Captain De Lamar, nJr nation. 'n mak'n? Utah though an astute miner, was skepl ITrLr ZlrlA a greEteSt Pen' tlcal and flnay abandoned the Idea cut copper mine. of trylng t0 make a miDe of ,t Colonel E. A. Wall entered the Jackling, however, had convinced camp in 1887 and was Immediately himself that the deposit could ba attracted by Its possibilities. Ac- successfully developed and a few cording to early stories he Inspect- years later through his perslstance ed an old abandoned tunnel driven and determination succeeded in by soldiers who came to Utah under launching the Utah Copper enter- the command of General P. E. prise In 1903. Connor, and there found samples of copper ore. Upon Inquiry he found that the ground was open to relocation, as former claim holders had failed to do their assessment as-sessment work. He immediately filed on two claims. , During the succeeding 10 years Colonel Wall added to his holdings ,ln the district, acquiring some 200 acres. During these years he kept up his assessment work and suc ceeded ln accomplishing ?,000 feet n various-parts of the property, This work began to unfold the extent of the huge stock of copper ore. Local Girl Injured In Auto Accident . Miss Thelma Beverly, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Beverly of this city, is receiving treatment at the Utah Valley hospital in Provo, for injuries suffered in an automobile automo-bile accident on September 19. Her Jaw bone was broken in two places, five of her front teeth were knocked out and her gum badly cut and she suffered other cuts and The Story of - . rk.:.t Rfoi-B LaiDh. Alter nrl1 "c K ... Annas at Jerusalem. "Then the band And led Him away to Annas first; for ,,... .w Now WPJ T". r.:.i,. n, ho which 5for the people The high priest then asked Jesus of Hi, disciples, and of Hi. doctrine. Jesus a d w; for the people gj x fa and in th tempIe wh;ther the . and in secret have I said nothing. Why asfcest thou Me? ask them which heard Me, ways !sori' " . . t vnd iu. thercfore Dnto himseii. a r . - h- ?. Z.nX. witli Him? Peter motion is from Merian'e 1 1 5. 7 ;v? The foundation of Utah Copper was built on a thin thread, as the rock that was called ore, contained less than 2 per cent copper and a small amount of gold and sliver. That thin thread still exists today, and requires scale of operations an extensive to keep the mine in operation. The management manage-ment is continuously combatting one force or another ln order to keep - b mini! eq'l"Mum and maintain its employment., -its pur- chasing power and magnitude r the state's leading industrial enter prise. bruises about her body. body., i Garth Ferguson, 21a M Provo, suffered a bad cut ori his head and other cuts and bruises, but es' caped serious injury. ' The accident occurred between Pleasant Grove and Provo on. the other side of the Lindon hilL The automobile ln which Miss Beverly and Mr. Pergusn were riding col lided with a truck, it is. reported. , Miss Beverly was treated at the hospital In American Fork for sev era! days and later removed to the hospital at Provo. She is reported to be a little im proved. the Bible Told in Pictures 1 . I . .' I.m1 falran fnour aAi1!nj a n TUn tkav faI Him hafnrl ine boiuicis u -" " .uo, --- . , .t 1 m - al- - and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound he was father-in-law tc Caiaphas, which was the high priest that rave counsel 10 tne jews, i.-.ai 11 was , . , ... ,. K" C.Ti f Hi, di-tol- and unto Ceisphas the high priest And Simon Peter stood and warmeJ him, art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am h beinz his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, did not I see then denied ?ain; and immediately story of tie Bible in pictures, engraved in ib-zwu. Proclamation Whereas, the week of October 6 to 13 inclusive has been designated as National Fire Prevention Week, and realizing the importance of such a program in keeping our fire loss at a minimum and educating the public to safeguard against fire, Now, therefore, I, Dean Prior, Mayor of the City of Lehi, do hereby here-by proclaim October 6 to 13 as Fire Prevention Week in Lehi and ask the citizens of Lehi to give recognition recog-nition through act and deed to this great program and do everything possible to eliminate fire hazards in and about their homes and premises. prem-ises. Dean Prior, Mayor. The Mayor has issued a proclamation procla-mation designating the week of October 6th to 13th as Fire Prevention Pre-vention Week. This Is also National Nation-al Fire Prevention Week. Mr. Frank C. Lett of the North western Mutual Fire Association will be ln Lehi all day October 10. Mr. Lett and the Lehi firemen will inspect all the business buildings and public buildings. We urge everybody to inspect their own buildings and see if they are free from fire hazards. Mr. Lett will also give demonstra tions on fire prevention ot the Lehl schools on that day. He will also give a demonstration to the Lions club Thursday night, October 10. The Lehi firemen urges all to cooperate and help keep the fire loss down in Lehi. THOMAS POWERS, Fire Chief. Athenian Club Will Be Entertained By Junior Club The local Athenian club members will be guests of honor at a party to be given, next Thursday evening in the Second ward Relief society rooms by the Junior Athenian club Mrs, Christian Jensen of Provo will review the book, "No Arms, No Armour,' a prize novel and refresh' ments will be served. . ; The Junior Athenian club was or ganized a year ago under the spon sorship of the senior club. Mrs. Alta Webb and Mrs. Jennie Nostrom spent Wednesday after' noon visiting in Salt Lake City. 1 T 4l. T.. J k., J Hi sam , .1,. . o Hi, tetria,. J.su. aa.w.r.d expedient wai one mar Jews al- what I the cock crew." Jol "John 18: 12-27. Large numbers of cities, towns and villages in Utah, Oregon, Washington, Wash-ington, Idaho and Alaska are ln a tentative list of nearly 4000 places from which the civil aeronautics authority and the army and navy will select 200 or less as sites for air fields needed in the national defense program. The list prepared by the C A A for its aviation improvement program pro-gram was placed before the house appropriations committee by aviation avia-tion officials during hearings on supplemental clvlo functions appropriation appro-priation which allocated $30,000,000 in cash and $50,000,000 in contract, authorizations for constructions of the fields. Officials testified that no selections selec-tions of sites had been made and Robert H. Hinckley, assistant secretary sec-retary of commerce, said It was his plan to set up in cooperation with the army and navy a priority board to determine the policy or the order of preference in which the projects would be designated. He said he also planned to confer with the W P A and see how many ot the. projects it could construct, Hinckley said there were something some-thing over 1800 airports now, while the ultimate objective of the C A A was 4000. , The cities on the list and the proposed pro-posed evential cost were: Beaver, $41,000; Brlgham City, $31,500; Cedar City, $140,OO; Delta, $48,000; Enterprise, $48,000; Fillmore, Fill-more, $41,000; Orantsville, $48,000; Gunnison, $41,000; Kanab, $48,000; Lehl, $82,500; Lewiston, $41,000; Locomotive Springs, $32,000; Logan, $288,444; w Magna-Garfleld. $82,500; Mantl-Ephraim, $82,500; Mllford, $32,000; Montlcello, $92,000; Monument Monu-ment Valley, $32,000; Mt. Pleasant, $162,440; Murray, Midvale, $82,500; My ton, $32,000; Nephi, $41,000; Ogden, Og-den, $801,700; Panguitch, $271,865; Park City, $82,500; Fayaon, $82,500; Plymouth, $48,000; - Prlc. $252,350; Promotory, $32,000; Provo, 133,000; Richfield, $188,753; Salt Lake City, $192,104; St. George, $161,700; Tor-rey, Tor-rey, $32,500; Tooele. $32,500; Tlntic, $32,000; Vernal, $82,500; Wanshlp, $32,000; Wendover, $48,000. Lester Smuin Dies In Salt Lake City tester emum, 47, passed away about 9 o'clock Tuesday morning in the Veteran's Hospital at Salt Lake ony, following a week's Illness. He was taken to the hospital Monday morning, but his condition contln ually grew worse until death came Tuesday morning. Lester was born in Lehi, in 1893, the son of James B. and Mary Ann Comer Smuin. He attended the local schools and grew to manhood in this community. He was one of the first young men to enlist in the army from Lehi and during the World War was in active service overseas. He was a member of the 145th artillery band of the United States army during the war. He had been living ln Salt Lake City for the past number of years. Surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Melvin Smuin of Evanston, Wyoming; LaVell Smuin of Magna; Marion Smuin, Mrs. Henry Thomas. Mrs. Jack Whipple, and Miss Myzell Smuin, all of Lehi. Funeral services are being held today (Thursday) at 2 p. m. in the Lehi Fifth ward chapel, under the direction of Bishop E. B. arrett. Interment will be made ln the city cemetery. School Lunch Program Will Open October 16 The serving of school lunches, under the direction of the P.-T. A, will begin on October 16. announces Mrs. Mabel Taylor, president of the P.-T. A. organization. The project will be carried out the same as last year, the cost being be-ing 2 cents per dish, or 10 cents for the five-day week.' At this low cost children are given a delicious hot dish to be eaten with sandwiches brought from home. If people of the community haw any potatoes, carrots, onions or other produce to be cntributed to this proj- The early returns ln the run-off Primary election Tuesday gave Herbert Her-bert B. Maw an apparently safe lead for the Democratic governor nomination and Don B. Colton a substantial safe margin for the Republican Re-publican nomination for governor. In the Republican race for the ' U. S. senate nomination Philo T, Farnsworth Jr. was running well ' ahead of Oscar W, Carlson. A. Sherman Christensen of Provo had a substantial edge over Reed E. Vetterli for the Republican Con- ' gresslonal nomination. For the Democratic nomination ' for attorney general, Grover A. Giles was running well ahead of Judge Allen G. Thurman. Reese M. " Reese, incumbent .state treasurer, and Brlgham H. Young, were running run-ning a nip and tuck race for tlie-Democratlc tlie-Democratlc nomination for state auditor with Reese holding the edge, Reynold C. Merrill was leading: Calvin S. Smith for the O, O, F-nomlnaUQn F-nomlnaUQn for state pyperlntendent. of publie instruction. HW Lehi Yetd: fot Qevetnev Herbert B, Maw (D) 388- Moyle, Henry D. ID).,., , 75 Colton, Don B. (R) ,,, 77' Stevens, Re4 (R), 103 For State Auditor Reese, Reese M. (D) 204 Young, Brlgham H. (D)..,.... 202 For Attorney General Giles, Grover A. (D) llfl - Thurman, Allen G. (D) 291 - Harris, Melvin C. (R) IOO Rogers, E. A. (R) 64 For United States Senator 4 Carlson, Oscar W. (R) .69 Farnsworth, Philo T. Jr.'(R).. US For Representative in Congress Chrlstenson, A. Sherman (R).. 105 Vetterli, Reed E. (R) 63 For Justice of the Supreme Court Cluff, Harvey k It R) r . , . . . . 70 Evans, Joseph E. (R) 98 For Supt of Public Instruction Merrill, Reynold C. (R) ....... . 83 Smith, Calvin 6. (R) St Dee's Place Will Open for Business This Week " D. C. Hardman announces to the public that the grand opening ot his new place of business to be known as "Dee's Place," will be on Friday and Saturday of this week. The new place of business, Just recently completed, Is located on North State street and is completely complete-ly stocked ready for the opening. It Is roomy, attractively arranged and Is reported to be the best beer parlor south of Salt Lake City. Just adjacent to the Beer Parlor is a large lunch room where delicious plate lunches, sandwiches, coffee, etc. will be served. Various grocery items is stocked and fancy ice cream dishes, malts, candy, confections, cold drinks and tobacco will be available. Mr. Hardman, who has been in business for the past several years in Lehi, recently found it necessary to enlarge his quarters and build a more up to date, convenient, attractive at-tractive and modern place of business. busi-ness. He is now ready for a grand opening open-ing and welcomes the public to the new place of business, urging the support of his many friends and patrons. PRIMARY STAKE BOARD MEETING TODAY The regular stake Primary board meeting will be held today (Thursday) (Thurs-day) at 3 p. m. at the home of Mrs. E. B. Garrett. All board members are urged to be ln attendance. ect, they are asked to bring them In as soon as possible, and luncheon tickets will be issued in payment for the produce at market price. Those who have already contributed contrib-uted produce for canning, mav cet the tickets from Mr. Cecil Ash sometime before the lunches begin. It is hoped that parents will take advantage of this splendid project and see to it that their children enjoy en-joy his hot luncheon dish at noon during the winter months, especially espe-cially those children who bring cold lunches to school. cated the grave. i |