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Show I 1929 _______________ ___ 24, ___ Frid ay, ___May___ ___ --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -Rasmussen's Stores Pro ud of Retiring President of Lions Club Th eir Value Giving Service ... THE MIDVAL - E JOU RNA L __:..: ·--·~.. ' f . Mr. J. A. Alcorn , manag er of the \Vest Jordan ·Lumb er Co., will retire from the preside ncy of the local Lions Ciub on July 1, 1929. Mr. Alcorn has worke d wonde rs within the Midva le 'Lions Club and, althou gh compa ratively a youn~ Lion when elevate d to this positio n, has proven his execut ive ability . A numbe r of the old timers around J..fidva le and South Salt Lake Co11,_.. will recogn ize the picture s reprod uced above. The top one was tagen 24 years ago, about one year after the. \Vest Jordan Lumbe r Compa ny was first organi zed. At that time we had no pavem ent, no sidewa lks, no sewers and no electric lights. It is hard to realize that auch a change could take place as is shown by the lower picture which was taken this winter from almost the same spot. On the 19th day of Februa ry, 1904, or just twenty -five years ago, the West J'ordan Lumbe r compa ny made their first sale of mercha ndise in Midvale (at that time called Bingha m P. C. Rasmu ssen and Sons operat e five stores dispen sing meats and groceries: 2 in Salt Lake City; one at Sandy; one at Magna and one at Mid·..-ale. P. C. Rasmu ssen, founde r and the guidin g spirit today, believe s that to merit patrcn age from the publi.c day afte!' day, year after year, it is neeessary to mainta in a high standa rd of qualily . Nothin g but quality goods are ever found in the Rasmu ssen Finally , he landed in Fort Dougla s, Utah, and in Utah he has since remained , being continu ously in Utah since 1893, with the except ion of a six month s trip to the Phillip ine Is' lands in 1900. \Vt.ile <>mployed at Fort Dougla s, S~ore~. Mr. Alcorn began to look around for LIOn A. P. Rasmu ssen Heads the Meat Packin g Divisio n of the CJ:tain . a life work and decide d that there I P. C. Rasmu ssen long ago dec1ded 1 ·.n:ro possibi lities in the contra cting J. A. Alcorn to produc e, meat up to his stanthat Mr. Alcorn was born in thP. State !' with succes s for a period of six years of illinois , Augus t 19, 1867. When 16 ; busines s. This busine ss ,he followe d ed to Missou ri II and throug h his associa tion therein years of age, he migrat . and settled near Kansa s City. Later j he discov ered Midval e and felt that a busine ss te went to Omaha and labored at his !lumb er and hardw ard trade- that of a carriag e and kagon i ought to prospe r there. Midval e was ' then becom ing quite a smeltin g cenmaker. 1 In 1887, Mr. Alcorn headed West, tcr. In 190<!., he pulled stakes in Salt landing at Ft. Bridge r, Wyom ing. He : Lal;:e and settled in Midval e "there was employ ed by the Govern ment as i to make or break" and a. casual i~ a wheelw right at the militar y post vestiga tion now will convin ce the located there. Three years later he most skeptic al that he chose wisely . His word is as good as his bond was transfe rred to Fort Duche sne and continu ed his trade as wheel- and he has accum ulated enough of the I materi al thin~s of this world to- allow ' wright . Leavin g the employ of the Govern - ' him and his family to enjoy their deme1nt tempor arily, he went to Evan- clining days in peace and happin ess. ston, Wyo., and worke d for the Union the just reward s ot a batUe well ~ fought . Pacific railroa d compa ny. Junctio n or West Jordan ). .r. A. Alcorn , the presen t ms.na:;·e;·, was the organi zer and the guidin g spirit of this compa ny in all that time and is still on the job. The lady in the buggy in the top pictute is Mrs. J. A. Alcprn and she is also on the job today. l ~ Jordan Seminary Graduating Class Breaks Ch urc h Record , Dr. Richard D. Lyman Delivers Splendid Address ' dard, it would be necess ary to instalt his own packin g plant. Locate d in Midval e, this up-to-d ate plant handle s thousa nds of animal s yearly, ana"al so furnish es l!ieat to other stores besid~ their own. Their meat is always sweet, pure and tender. They have their own ideas about handli ng meat and they use them succes sfully. A. P. Rasmussen is manag er of the packin g plant and stock buyer. He also finds time to attend to his duties as Bishop of the Midval e First Ward. Bishop Rasmu ssen is eroctin g a fine m9der n home on Center Street near Littcol n. Genera l Patric k E. Conno r, Bishop Archib ald Gardne r, of the L. D. S. Church , and fora nwnbe r of other men tnet in the buildin g above shown in the fa.U of 1863, and The mulate d the first mining laws for Utah. The above picture was made in 1880. it origina l buildin g bas been remode led by John A. Aylett , and with other buildin gs,, a sawntiU now houses the West Jordan Milling Compa ny. In early days a pionee r g mattre ss factory , a woolle n mill, and a tanner y were opel'at ed nearby . This buildin the of bank stands on the Salt Lake City - Midva le - Bingha m Road, on the left Jordan River, immed iately west of the Midval e Smelte r. Repdn t from Ax-1-D ent-Ax , May 1929 Semin ary gradua tion exercis es were held in the Sandy amuse ment hall Sunday , May 19. Being unable to address the gradua tes, Presid ent Grant had Dr. Richar d D. Lyman deliver the addres s. One hundre d and seven~ teen studen t receive d their dip1om as. A large crowd of people assemb led in the hall and were satisfie d with the satisfa ctory manne r in which the program was put over. The follow ing is the progra m: 1. Openini.T song, 'We Thank Thee 0' God for a Pro.t>het." 2. Prayer, Fo8ter Greenw ood. 3. I~emarks, Princip al Carter E. Grant. 4. Tallt, "How I View Semin ary Work" . Presid ent La.Ver le Densle y.. 5: Girls' chorus , "An Angel ~m on High." 6. Talks, Oliver Cowde ry, Doris Stay. 8. Martin Harris . John Leak. 9. Testim ony of three Witnes ses f and Doxolo gy, Gradua tes. 10. The Eight Witnes ses, Weldo n Matthe ws. "The Gospel 11. Girls' Chorus . Messag e." 12. Testim onies, Gradua tes. . ,4 13. Addres s to Gradua tes, R1char d R. Lyman . 1,4. Remar ks by Board Repres enta- w .. tives. 15. Diplom as presen ted. 16. Closin g song, "Prais e to Man." 17. Prayer , Earl Butterf ield. '*, the • ./ |