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Show DESERET EVENING 52 NEWS 1917 22 SATURDAY DECEMBER E Spanish Fork, New; &raniryiff)tah: County tHIS r1 little city, with it ! training which produces the stuff and sanitary. and afferd an opporten- - 4 of various denominations which near the aout heart ebon Utah lake, on the Balt Lake resent. Route and the Tlntio branch of the Bpanlah Fork they .rep- (a fairly well supplied with all departments of retail business, but offers an opportunity to tho manufacturer and the wholesale dealer. Its banking and Its business bouses are among the moot substantial to' be found and are perfectly reliable. with the pur The city est of mountain spring water through a system owned by the municipality, State., end with electric light and power Bpanlah Fork has two banka, first class high school and four gram- from the government power plant. mar schools, five churches, plcturs Sugar Beet Crop, shows and an excellent opera house, The principal agricultural 'crop is a big apgar factory, canning factory, sugar beets, of which about 5,989 two flour mills, two lumber yards, acres are grown In the vicinity ofj four garages, a live, Spanish Fork, the averags yield in j resiscotea beautiful of and paper nornal years being between IS and It dences, tons to the acre. A recent writer says: Nov, IS was payday for the farmers 'Span jih Fork river drains an ex- of Spanish fork and vicinity, so far as tensive and valuable water sbed.whleh the sugar beet crop was concerned, and continually sends Its silt. The strength ,240 00 di8tcllHlt.d by the Uuh. j of the everlasting hills' as its eontrl- - Idaho ' the Sugar company among button to the valley brio ; thus fer- j far mere of Spanish Fork, Lake Shore, tility of the soil Is not only maintained .Beniamin, Leland and Palmyra, all but la actually Increased year by year. producers for the o plant'With soil, water supply, climatic and This waa perhaps the largother natural conditions the most fa- est payment ever made here on one day. the land awaited the vorable, only Last year the harvesting waa so coming of the sturdy. Industrious, and progressive "class of lardy, owtng to the bad weather conpeople. They came. Though few In ditions and lack of marketing faelli- number.poor .lathis world's goods.,1 lev that th first big day was not and Unaccustomed to pioneer (Jfd, they for more than 1 1 50,000 The managers ' planted their feet firmly on the soil uf the factory are of the opinion that sidents of 8panlah Fork and vicinity and established a community of which the beet crop for this year win result this month only. In the planting of a much larger Utah may feel justly proud. The employees of the factory showIn season. the The acreage coming School System, , ed their patriotism by subscribing been has weather the favorable for The Spanish Fork school system, to the liberty bonds of both with Its supervisors, officers and teach- harvesting and the entire crop was liberally issues. The policy, in part, of the Nebo The well In before any snow came. ers, Is the pride of tho people. school district for thia year has been The Utah-Idah-o plant paid on Nov. high school and grammar schools are PTerT resourevat thetream- boused -i- n-- substantia ir connnodtotnr 't,'55S.bOO fo men' employed by the tB w. to further the work of the genand sanitary buildings. factory alonv This makes a total of mand The church buildings are modern 1295,000 paid by the company to re eral government in the conservation of food nnd tha adequate provision of labor. Schools were commenced early' Under In the fall with the distinct standing that If the parents would support the schools by giving them their children, the schools would assist them in the harvest of their apand sugar ples, peaches, potatoes Denver A Rio Grande railroad, It in floe of Balt Lake City and nine mike eouth ad Pro TO, the county eeat of Utah county. An Utah county la one of the (ru-.arte- c of Utah, eo also la Bpanlah Fork the granary of Utah county. Ita agricultural and . llreaetock producta exceed those of any other dtotriot of the ' - "y Ai3asflSi3SK-- a 4 1 9 12 JV" LI SAT1 ana J T .Utah-Idah- , V M, Aw sors, both the beys and the girls were organised Into small groups of five, eight and ten, with a captain at the head of each group. This was done to meet the needs the of the various farmers. When farmer desired help, he telephoned the prlncfpal of the school' who In '(uni notified a captain, who notified the group, and thus. the farmer was served. o The headquarters for all the stores is taurant lies In the fact that one Is not ! at 211 Dooley Building, Salt. Lake obliged to observe any particular hour meal time: that one is not comCity. The reputation of the stores for his to cut short any business intergenerally, and wherever located, for pelled he be having, but that view doing a large volume of business an- whenever may he reaches the restaurant well nually la established, and If all his meal will be cooked to his order, tha remainder of the branchea can show an amount of business equal to and that he may order whatever4 he may fancy. that done by the Pavson branch, the The Elite Cafe Is the well chosen result must be extremely gratifying name for the restaurant conducted fContinued from page forty-threby to the stockholders. Mr. J. It. Cluff, and for a city no larg1915. althougn it had been conducted they have always been foremost in McCormick Is originally er than Payaon it la remarkably well under the name of the Central .Lum- liberal giving for every purpose of an Manager Ohio man. and came to Utah with appointed. A large, well lighted room, ber company for some ten years before civic good. They to k a prominent the advantage ef business experience furnished with 12 tables, and a lunch that time. The conpany as it now and effective part in bringing gained in that hustling common- counter for the busy customer who stands is tbe most complete building the Orem Intern rban electric Une wealth. This experience, together may want a quick lunch; with private the with his own adaptability, haa mad-th- e compartments for and supply house In the district, fur- to Payson and In having parties who wish to shop of that comnishing lumber of all kinds and for construction of the Payson store dine apart from the crowd; a modern all purposes hr the rough and also In pany located In Payson. They were very management of success. to much meal hour: liven a firm The piano player ths finished condition, besides mill equally prominent In the great Straw- occupies a storeroom, or to be more a telephone for the usethe of tbe patrons; work, sash, doors and blinds. They berry project, which has been of such exact, two storerooms which meet at good things to eat and a chef who also Include in their stock brick, stone, Inestimable value to Pavwon and the the extreme end of either, forming knows how 4o cook them to the satisbuilding tile and terra cotta, and in surrounding country, and are in all an L shaped room with are the entrances on faction of the customer, these fact, all kinds of building materials respects two of Pay son's most neces- two streets. The Center street en- features that make the Elite resfor all purposes. This concern occu- sary citixens. known who to all taurant trance Into leads of strangers the department pies two large buildings each 00x120 The Golden Rule Store. dry goods, clothing for men, women corns the second time to do business In feet, exclusive of their mill which ocand children, furnishing goods and Payson. Mr. Cl off, although a comcupies lu own building. Their lumProminent among the business notions, while the entrance from the paratively young man, baa had the exber yard occupies almost a square houses of Payson la mer- cross-streleads Into th grocery perience necessary in the catering and Is partly covered by large sheds chandise store, knowntheaageneral - Both of these depart- business to know what to do and bow departmentfor the protection from the weath- Rule Store. The proprietorthetsGolden H. ments seem to be abundantly stocked, to do it to make satisfied customers er of dressed lumber and manufac- Wright, long known among the C.rest, shelves that reach al- and to secure the continuance rf a tured mill work. Their trade Is cor- dents of Utah county for a distance with large trade among home people and most to the ceiling. respondingly large both In volume and of 12 to 15 miles around Payson. In thp territory covered. They are Mr. MeCSrBiTck does all ot the buy-In- g strangers e Golden Rule Store waa one of Justin A. Lo trices. the agents for the Consolidated Wag- 'the string of busy stores, tn various for both departments, and the on and Machine Co., of Balt Lnke and of the western country before goods are selected with a view to what Mr. Loveless conducts a real estate part John handle methwill the Deere and the they By this Into the possession of Mr. od suit his customers. the only one la Payson, McCormick agricultural Implements. it came and purchasing tbe percentage of exchange, under his management stockof carried X of the store rooms are filled with Wright, one over season from Iart to Its grew to such proportions a general line of hardware. Including that trade ths following is reduced to a minisaw he to Jt desirable become all tbe implements known as farmers' mum. Judicious buying, good quality the proprietor instead of merely tbe and hardware. reasonable prices, are exemplied manager. in Mr. McCormick's management, and The officers of the company are As In all stores bis stock the motto of all the stores, A little Henry Eriandson. (.resident, and Otlo embraces dry general goods, men's and womfor a little less, is carried out B. Erlandson, manage!. The last en's clothing and furnishings, shoes, more In both letter and, spirit. . named gentleman having in charge and the like, and also staple and fancy ue busing and selling of their really It fills two floors of ths Tlie Eplte Cafe. and groceries, mmense stocks and praci ioily g Mr. Bright has building 't occupies. the entire business, adherence ,o ThTt Messrs Erlandson the cardinal principles ot fair deal la an have always w.mjvopulaHG.byi eating place, clean, bright and . been mt.mauly associated with every Ing with every customer, and good attractive, when patrons may choose Public movement which has had for value for the money expended. from a long I union the menu card just its Object the advancement of the what he would like to order, and then Vdlmvib Stores Company, crests of either the ettv or the counhave th satisfaction of to It try and their advancement In busiThese store, of which there la a cooked to suit him and finding properly ness has been Interwoven with the large string, have a local branch In served. One of the chief sdvantages advancement of the community and 1'uison, in charge of E. L. McCormick. In boarding at a. well conducted res- - Payson Is Center Of Irrigated Bonanza e) et well-fin- mar-agin- 1 I' f : John Scowcroft & Sons Company MaJc-I?jt- e Importers an 1 and-Wholesa- Nevcr-Ri- p FlSSlN JiJNDO Boots r , . Factory and Qcnl Office Ogden Utah. x; 8 mC2, Branches: UTAH. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. -- 1 f per day, total $10,875 80. Grand total for the school $18,5 8 8,402 Grand total for the thlee high schools of the district $87,928.8$, , Grade- Pupils Work, The school authorities' also dismissed the g9a.de schools of Salem, Maple-to- n. Lake Shore. Benjamin, ' Spring Lake, Santaquin, and Goshen for two weeks. The children in each of these districts earned approximately . Two of the elementary schools at Payson dismissed their pupils for one day to harvest potatoes With the money earned they purchased five 850 Liberty bonds nnd a beautiful $115 Vlctrola. At the end of the harvest vacation all the children came back to school, and it was found that more than $0 per cent of the pupils are enrolled. The crops are all harvested, the bojrs and the girls are strong and happy, and Uncle Sam Is better prepared for war. The one thing for which the people of this district are most proud Is that practically all of the girls showed their patriotism by serving their country In the harvest fields The conduct of these young people shows by a very strong example the practical side of the education given to the school pupils of the schools of Utah. It Is the I "Y iTw w I twen in ad plies are tl dustr resot trial indee , j throu Fanners weal! of fa sectif proep of in minir value only here state almot ty, th ' ef fasten B. dty-llk- which const 1 roman ' . , WILD ROSES Secretary McAddo eirected attention to the manner In which business men from the beginning of the wer have By Howard R. Drigsg. shown their desire to help. Before th True to the West. An artistic gift passage of the new tax law. he said, they went on record through the for Christmas. Price $1.25, $1.25 post- chamber of commerce of the United paid. ; Btate by recommending that a large DESERET NEWS BOOK STORK. part of the war expenditure be obtained from taxes on excess profits Tha Leading Book Concern, and Incomes. f Main Street Advertisement, -- if 412 Vermont Bid?. Phone Wasatch 8782. t with D. C. He w famed hlU i , and makes the examination of titles a special feature of his business. He also writes Insuranoe and fdrnishes surety bonds Perhaps no one In Pay-so- n is so well qualified to do brokerage business in real estate as Mr. Loveless. He has been prominent In commercial circles for many years, and has always been identified with the development of the city and the farming county around it. Ha filled the office of recorder for several years. He was one of the promoter of the Btrewberry project and waa secretary of the commission in charge of that Important work, and remained In that office until the high-lin- e canal was completed, when he retired to take car of his own business affaire. Mr. Loveless has always been active In political life and beside being elected recorder and afterward a member of the council, he served the city as mayor in 1904-- 5, and la now vice president of th Commercial dub of Payson. Tbe location of the sugar factory at Payson was largely due to the efforts of Mr. Loveless, and he was prominent in the arrangement whereby the Orem shops were built here. Beside his business as real estate broker Mr. Loveless la senior member of the firm ot Loveless A Stark, harness makers. Advertisement. rid by eaa " The growth of the tem of retail stores has been remarkable, strates tho merits of general plan is for tl cal Utah-Idah- low-g- r camp Telus, profits turned so wit those ' while. hnii dll pay bl vineed, gigantl up, b sides v steam HJs t dtv equlpn that g Tl done i ioubtl state's Fi ban o uncert . Excess Profits Advisers 1 Named by Government tore o Secretary McAdoo has announced the selection of nine 'excess-prof- it adviser' to assist the treasury department in administering tbe war revenue act. AU of tbe men are recognized leaders in the business and economic world. In making the announcement Secretary McAdoo the established policy of the fteasurp department to Intelligently with the public and business In the administration ot the tax laws In the !m j porta nt work these men have been called upon $o do there must be con- - j ' atructlve between the de- and of connthe taxpayers pertinent try in the proper collection of the j full amount ot all revenue authorized This ts absolutely neces- - j by Congress. sary to win tbe great war in which . the nation Is engaged. . ) Names of Adrisers. ' j The advisers are: Cordell Hull, a Representative member of the bouse committee on ' ways and means. T. 8. Adams, economist, of Tale uni- versity. Wallace D. Simmons, president. ' Simmons Hardware Co., Et. Louis, and Philadelphia. J. E. Eterrett, of Price, Waterhouse A Co . accountants. New Fork City. S. K. Bertron, of Bertron. Grtscora A Co., bankers. New Tork City. it. T. MererilthreditpirSucceasfuT Farming, Des Moines, la. T. W. McCullough, editor Omaha Bee, Omaha, Neb. , Stewart W. Cramer, of the National Council of Cotton Manufactures, Char- was m It beet ASSOCIATION Sleep and Cattle , daring the n that r over t! many of sllv mlnln, they w to the Al to Ina can a mine tmtfl Bing Large Breeders, Feeding a Specialty. t i la dril mine, recult curtail ibe cii embar Operators oi Farms and Ranches. les Ir dollars , J Groceries, Dry Goods, Notions, Mens and Womens Furnishings, and .Shoes, Rubber Gods, Hats and Caps. A i' 1 Brand of Work Clothing lers , farmer. to form i formal company, in which an to take a given amount of stock ,! the sale of all commodities in Sal mon demand, such as dry good, (3 Ing, notions, groceries and the Jv then to incorporate and select ager who sbaU have charge, under lT' board of directors, of all th, hu and selling, necessary to connect buslnesa The manager must bt man who understands comm, rearfg business generaUy, and especially methods of commercial buinea cultar to the locality In which thS store Is situated.- - He mutt hate qualntance among the people and dbrstand to whom Credit may h l tended and where to exact cash fat thd transactions of the store. i he practically controls the affair 0jj the association as If It were hu onJ The history of such business ori ganizations la usually one of prosper.! Ity. Such at least is that of the Fsrm! ere Association of Sip, tah Fqrlc, of which Mr. MrD. Werner Jr, is manager. Mr. Warner, lOthouzh quite k young roan, la the sueeewfj manager of this concern and has 'coj ducted Us affairs with ,4 sagucity Uo usual In any'maa Under middle This concern was Incorporated jn aej td, With a capital stock of $9,009, hh C. Money as president. R. L MendeiJ hall, vice president and'Tred Lew! Jr secretary and treasurer Their stock Is of course general merchandising, including an Ihe srilc. les that are needed by the residents of the locality, farmers and townspeople aa well. Mr. Warner employs s largo number of clerks, and their store, rooms are generally full of customers an evidence of the popolsrUy of storee of this character. Spanish Fork InstituUoa This k one of tbe largoet of the! store of Us kind In this part of the! state, and one, of the oldest as weB, having been established In 1887. itsl history is unusual Jn that It has had: for It chief officers many noted men) of the state It first president was! Bishop Thurber. Then came Bishop Swell, Bishop Peter Nielsen. Arnpml Swenson and John Jones, in tbe or--' der named. The present manager la Thomas If., Holt, and their stock includes all that is generally found in a general store with the addition of flour, grain and' coal. They occupy their own two-- story brick building, which is oas of the largest In the city and their door space covers two rooms, and. ss mar be lmaglnwd. their trade covers a radmiles. Tha Interior ius of twenty-fiv- e s apof their store presents a pearance with Its office and bookkeepers occupying a balcony at the end of the storeroom and the number Association. of clerks attending the wants oi cusysstomers on the floor below. The a decided credit to ths In central Utah and one that can be held acand H demon- city countable for much of commerdsl the system'. The growth of Spanish Fork. Advertisseveral Citizens ement. .. Capital $1,000,00(1 Manufacturers of the r - $!.-90- 0. $5,882,-directi- t " X . is T " J. During the four weeks of vacation 155 girls of the 159 enrolled In the Spanish Fork high school worked on an average of It (lays each, earning on ai average of 1 (2 per day. Making a total of 14.017 (9. All the 145 boys worked 24 days each, averag-- w beats ing 170 per day, making a total, of As proof of their good faith the par- $9,291!; making a grand total $12,412.- ents sent to school better than $8 per 40. eAnt of the children for the first six At the Payson high school. 87 out weeks. This attendance was so plea- - of the 150 girls worked 10 days each. ing to the school authorities that they on ao average, earning $1.20 per dsy: determined to do something in a real total $1,044. All the 128 boys worked 22 days each, earning oh an average , and tangible way to show their ap$2 54 per day; total $7,040.81. Grand preciation. total for the school, $8,084.88. Help Harvest Crops. At the Springville high school 105 .vliey arojeed enthusiasm among the boys and girls upon the importance of the 191 girls worked on an averlot properly and adequately harvest- - age 22 days each, earning on an aver- big the crops. Under the immediate age, $1.58 per day each; total, I of the principals .of the! 80. All the 171 boys worked. 24 days schools and the agricultural supervl- - I each, earning on an average $2.85 uenJ a si of for most part which the pioneer settlers were made -- which made them Independent, and equal to ell emerIt Is sa example which Is gencies! worthy of being emulated by the schools of other states, and the schools of other sections of this state. And Spanish Fork and their neighbors may well be proud of their girls end boys. Sugar Factory Raa. The benefits of the sugar plant to the community have again been demonstrated. although the estimates of beet tonnage have not come up to the It was hoped that the estimates. BiJsnlsh Fork district would product 10,000 to 70,000 tons of beets but the total will be less than 41.009 tons For jhi amount, the farmers have received close to $200,000, and in addition the payrolls for the 178 men Sbo mri now employed at the factory.'have been paid out In tbe Spanish Fork district each month since the run began. first National Bank of Spanish Fork. Started as a state bank in 1892, and incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000 it was converted Into a national bank n April, 1908, with G. I. Snell as Its president. He was. however, the president of the former state bank and continued ss president after the bank had received Its national charter until his death in May, 1911.. At present the officers of tho bank &r John Jones,- - president; J M. Creer, vice president; I. P. Snell, edahier, and W. M. Smoot, assistant 'cashier. Tbe board of directors are John Jones, who bestds being president of this bank is a stockholder In the Farmers and BtockgrowerS bank at Salt Lake, the Provo Commercial o Sugar Savings bank, the Insticompartyand In. other-simil-ar tutions. J. M. Creer, manager of the Consolidated Wagon 4k Machine company and farmer, J. P. Snell, cashier, landowner, G. U. Snell, who la also vice president and cashier of the First National Bank of St. Anthony, Idaho, and A. B. Morgan, judge of the Fourth judicial district. The bank has been very successful and its surplus and undivided profits since it became a national bank amount to $15,000- .- The bank la conveniently located In the heart of tha city and their faculties for business are Increased by the Installation of the armor plats safety 'vaults. Beside the regular commercial and savings and mortgage loan business, they advance loans to sugar beet growers, furnish surety bonds, and represent companies writing fire insurance. J W ) lotte, N. C. Henry Walters, chairman o l. tlantir Coast Lias ville A Nashville railway. and of tha directors Maris Austin, Pres., Royal Eccles, Thog. R. Cutler, V. P. George Austin. Heber C. Austin. , George A. Smith, Secy. . Thomas Austin, & Treas. i. Gen. . to the till ' former not mi Produc large r will mines Utah , r all Mgr. Louis- Ex. |