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Show V 'ui i S7'" - v .., . ,s ri i-- n - PROVO POST, TUESDAY, ' '. n o '' ' - '4; JUNE.Ymi. -- w- c. Francis Jenkins Got Only $2,500 for the Second Most Wonderful Invention in the World. Ten million people a day go to the movies in the United Statesbut how many of them know who made the first movie The Noes hare it. The man who made the first motion picture, as we know it today, is C. Francis Jenkins. Many girls who hare not been "in pictures a month are better known. C. Francis is too much given to hiding his light under a -- bushel. It any motion picture actress endeavors to hide her light under any kind of protection her address at present is unknown. Instead, she crawls up on top of the measure and calls for the spotlight man. It he does 'hot give it to her quick she will kick the four pecks to kingdom come! Almost any may.be seen walking down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, and yet nobody knows him,. AIL the attention-peopl- e pay to him is to push him out of the ' ' ' r THE FATHER; OF THE MOVIES x v s- N PRICE others. Not a word had the young man said of what they. were to see. To them It was just another of Francis time killers. The room was darkened; there was a sputtering a grinding and a groaning of moving machinery, and out on the wall before ifO the astonished eyes of the good citizens stepped a young and more or less beautiful girl. They gasped thfere was some trick to it, because there wasn't any trapdoor in the wall. People was getting so slick with them shadowgraphs, anyway! Just the other night there had been a feller down to the Opry House who could a handkerchief around his wrap hands and make pictures of almost any animal, especially a rabbit. And he could make them move! Especially the ears. They looked at C. Francis, but his handkerchief was in his pocket. Nor way . lie has not addressed a moth did he have his sleeves Man Were' Interested. era club in 16 years.JHe goes jostling oiTcTo wri the street, but if some movie And then they no longer turned queen comes along she blocks traf- to watch C. Francis, for the girl was fic. Thus life runs away. trying to Imitate a butterfly. In her C. Francis Jenkins was a clerk in hand she held the sticks and to these division of the Treas- were fastened the draperies of her the ury Department at Washington, but gown. Higher and higher she began he was not content with putting on to lift her skirts, while around she his sleeve protectors at morning and flapped her sticks. in imitation of a taking them off at 4:85 oclock. He butterfly that suddenly feels itself did not want to spend his life beat- called on to dance. Higher and highing the clock of a morning and of an er the skirts went as the contortions evening watching to see if the boss of the lepidqpteral creature grew had yet gone home. He was hipped more perfervid. The men lost all interest in C. on photography, and In the back yard : Effective immediately following of his boarding house made many ex- Francis, while the good women turnperiments. He was working with a ed to look at each other. What had magic lantern, which was then con- C. Francis been doing all this time in sidered about the furthest north of the wicked city . of Washington? . $415.00 .human ingenuity. Young Jenkins That came from letting boys get was seized with the extravagant Idea away from home. But the men did of making pictures move by means not care. They wanted to see the . of the lantern, and to work he set. In rest of that dance. The skirts went higher he called a vaudeville dancer named . . . $375.00 And then two or three of the good Annebelle, whose particular bit of enbutter- women, nudging each other signifitertainment was a fly dance. Of her Jenkins made pic- cantly, got up and marched out tures. Many men in the United States thus leaving the first motion picture -- . Chasis . . . and Europe had been working on the show in the history of the world. The . . . 345.00 idea of animal locomotion, as it date was June 6, 1894. t ; - was then Museum. Machine in called, but as plass plates Pictures had been projected on had to be used the result was not any bewllderen success. The heavy, cum- wall before from lantern slides, but Coupe . $695.00 bersome plates could not be progress- never from a strip of intermittently ed in front of a light source fast moving film. The machine which I enough to make any animal look like projected thp picture is on exhibition National Museum in Washinganything but a death struggle. Then 7 $760.00 the celluloid film was announced. It ton. The machine Is the forerunner ' was light and flexible. The inventors of all present day projectors. The first time admission was . were off. It was a race. The summer vacation came along charged was in Atlanta, Ga in 1895 after, a while, as it always does, and The show was a failure. People could ;C. Francis asked for an extra week. not believe that --you could show pic.'He sent a mysterious box by express, tures ot people moving' about, and would not surrender their money on and went home to Richmond, lnd. No The any more of them Sprang a Big Surprise. To a jewelry run by his cousin term motion picture had not been he took the mysterious box and asked invented. There was nothing to desif the curtains might be drawn down cribe what was to be seen. The profor a brief bit. Business was never ject was abandoned and the young so brisk in Richmond that the sacri- Inventor came home pretty down in fice would be absolutely disastrous. the mouth. Later he sold his InterThe only electricity was a trolley est in the Invention for $2,500. That wire passing the door, and, using a is all he got for the second most pall of water as a rheostat, C. Francis wonderful Invention in the world. Jenkins is still living in Washingmade his connections. Invited in were his father and mother, the ed- - ton, where he is engaged in manufac-itosioners of Provo City, Utah, this 7th of business to knowingly permit minof the local paper and a few turlng a iflotion picture projector to smoke in certain places of business; day of June, 1921. ors under twenty-on- e years of age for any person to smoke in certain Bishopric LE ROY DIXON esAN ORDINANCE LEVYING THE hereby adjudged, determined and to frequent such place of business enclosed public places, and repealing Mayor TAX AND PROVIDING FOR tablished, that said property will be while in the act of using tobacco in all ordinances and part9 of ordinances Attest: THE ASSESSMENT ON THE Sunday for the FRED EVANS any form. The term place of bus- in conflict herewith. IN SIDEWALK especially benefitted thereby PROPERTY In Witness whereof I have hereiness' as here used shall apply to any levied Recorder of the tax full amount City hereby; SIDEEXTENSION NO. 7. OF and all such places as shops, Btores, unto set my hand and affixed the corWith President T. N. Taylor, his Lost PA WALK PAVING DISTRICT NO. and said parcels of land are hereby as- (Seal). of seal 7th Provo this porate thefactories, Gty, public offices, garages, two counselors of the stake presi1 .8 sessed in accordance with the linear ' atres, recreation - an - dance halls, day of June, 1921. STATE OF UTAH . dency and E.,H. Holt, stake clerk, foot frontage upon said portion of COUNTY OF UTAH pool rooms, cafes, cafeterias, cabarets, FRED EVANS, of Whereas Provo City his heretofore in attendance, a of Recorder Utah Provo City, City PROVO CITY restaurants, hotels, Iddging houses, said streets fronting upon and for a ) effected created Sidewalk. Extension No. 7 of was ward Sunday the Sharon I, Fred Evans, City Recorder of street cars, interurban and railway (Seal.) twelve rods back from the Sidewalk Paving District No. 11, in depth of when Orson prestwlch was Provo City, Utah, do hereby certify passenger coaches and waiting rooms. evening, said streets, and the Section 4. HOPE AND COMFORT. Tobacco smoking forProvo City, Utah, for the purpose of property line of that the above and foregoing is a full chosen as bishop of that ward with is true and cost of said improvement bidden where.' It shall be unlawful total and John E. an correct ordinance of copy sideOscar A. Anderson constructing a four foot cement $3103 .02, of which the Citys portion for any person to smoke cigars, cigar- I do not' undertake to the Board of CommissionChristensen, first and second counswalk on both sides of First West is $29.88, and the totsd tax hereby passed by say e er! of Provo City, Utah, June 7th, ettes or tobacco in any enclosed elors respectively. The That literal answers come from Street between the north side of Fifth levied and to be assessed upon said 1921, entitled: An Ordinance place within the corporate limits was deemed advisable in order Levyheaven, lames, North Street and the north side of parcels of land is $3073.14, or $1.088855 ing the Tax and Providing for the of Provo City, except in extra rooms, But I know this that when I that Bishop D. D. McEwan, whose pray foot of abutting Assessment of the Property in Side- compartments or coaches specially illness has precluded him A comfort, a support is given, irk, 2 ProSeventh North Street; also the south per front or linear prolonged there being 2622.36 feet of walk Extension No. 7 of Sidewalk provided for smoking purposes. The That helps me rise oer the duties of the offrom attending side of Seventh North Street between property, earthly things to this tax Paving District No. 11. 8. term enclosed public place as here As larks soar upon airy wings, released. subject be Bishop abutting property fice, , might 5, Hebar the east side of First West Street and within the boundaries of the lots, here- used shall be construed to mean the In witness whereof has served as bishop of the irk 3. Pay- the west side of First East Street, and blocks and above streets mentioned, unto set my hand and affixed the dining rooms in hotels, restaurants, I do not Btop to reason out Sharon ward for ten years, and his the un paved portion of .the north side which is the total cost and cost per corporate seal of Provo- City, Utah, cafes, and cafeterias; theatres, pasfaithful service in that capacity la The why and how, I do not care of Seventh North Street between the front foot of said sidewalk according this 7th day of June, A. D. 1921. - senger elevators, street cars, inter- Since I know this that when I doubt highly appreciated by the church auWest side of First West Street and urban and railway passenger coaches, to the contract entered into for the FRED EVANS, Life seems a darkness of despair, thorities as well as by the members the west side of ' other passenger vehicles The world a University Avenut, performance of said work and the motor and Recorder of Utah. Provo City tomb; and when I trust. of the ward over which he presided. City, and has pusblished notice of the inof said improvement with as railcommon blossoms Sweet employed making carriers, (Seal) spring up in the dust. tention of said City to make said imJacobs and Gardner, Christensen, way station waiting rooms, barber provement and has acquired jurisdict- dated the 1 1th day of March, 1921, AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT shops; state, county and city build- Since I know in the darkest hour, ion to make the same, has'duly let a and the Treasurer is UNLAWFUL: TO SELL CIGAR- ings. It I lift up my soul in prayer, hereby authorizcontract to the lowest responsible ed and directed to assess in accordlhce ETTES AND CIGARETTE PASection 5. mp to- take Any person, company Some symphatlc Loving Power bidder after publication of notice, for with the provisions of this Ordinance PERS; TO PERMIT MINORS or corporation,! convicted of violating . Gives hope and comfort to me Tegation at least TO SMOKE IN CERTAIN any of the provisions of this ordin- twenty days in a newspayer for the purpose herein mentioned, all Id so FVld? there. J Published in Provo PLACES OF BUSINESS; FOR ance, shall be punished by a fine of nce halm is sent to ease my pain, City, and of gen- the said lots and lands above describThe roc colored eral circulation therein; and, ANY PERSON TO SMOKE IN not more than $50.00, or by imprison- What need to argue or explain iff Miller so ed, and to collect said tax. Whereas, the entire improvement CERTAIN ENCLOSED PUBLIC ment not exceeding 30 days in the Section - Said tax shall become ms. $15.50 shoes, value contemplated has been completed; and be delinquent in live equal yearly PLACES, AND REPEALING city jail, or by both such fine and From our gross selves it helps us rise s (now, therefore, ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS imprisonment. The Court may, in To something which we yet may be, installments, with interest on the Special to close Plained by the Board of whole sum unpaid at the rate of six OF ORDINANCES IN CON- imposing a fine enter as part of the And so I ask not to be wise, of Provo City, If thus my faith is lost to me FLICT HEREWITH. cent per annum, payable at the judgment that in default of the paySection 1. That the Board of Com per ment of the fine, the defendant may Faith that with angels voice and time each installment is due, lnnssioners of Provo touch thereof one year after the Be it Ordained. by the Board of Com- be imprisoned in the City jail for a Ciy, Utah does nereby. levy a ;ay an(j provide for the ordinance missioners of Provo City: Says: Pray, for prayer availeth period not exceeding 30 days. confirming the levy of the assessment thereof, upon thepropertv tax for the much. Elia Wheeler Wilcox Section 1. Section 6. .All ordinance Cigarette and cigarette and payment for such improve--a- fter h designated and described, ment becomes sale, etc., unlawful It shall parts of ordinances in conflict with effective; papers, ''hich is abutting or fronting upon thereof in two years after said ordinan- be unlawful for any person, company, the provisions of this ordinance are e said colorall choice h thereof or corporation to barter, sell, keep hereby repealed. improvement, constructed as ce becomes effective; resaid, in Sidewalk Extension No. in three years after said ordinance be- for sale, furnish or give away, any Lou Hoong-sheof the Caruso Section 7. In. the of the opinion of Sidewalk Gray h thereof in cigarettes or cigarette papers, of any Board of Commissioners Of Provo China, is dead. You never heard of ed Shoes, Paving District No. 11, comes effective; he construction of a cement side- in he thea Yet died him? i9 7 of either of or it said ordinance after Shanghai four years City subterfuge Mouse. These disguise, necessary for the peace, II ' ; thereof in these, or to have any cigarettes or health and safety of the inhabitants ater that had contracted to pay him a bea li'Ls . week. Thats i big salary. abutting on both five years after said . ordinance cigarette papers in or about any store of Provo City that this ordinance take $10,000 es of First It is phenomenally big in China, West Street between comes effective; one or more install- or other place for barter, sale or free effect immediately. North side of Fifth North Street Section 8. This ordinance ..shall where a few cents. day wttrEIre- a ments in the order in which they afe distribution. . nortk s'de Section 2. Seventh North payable, or the whole special tax, may Advertisement, sign, take effect one day after its passage strongman.' could afford purtreet Born of poor parents, Lou Hoong-she- n It shall be unlawful and publication.. be paid at any time within thirty ilayi to had scramble a for account on living. lands abutting on the after' theOrdinance confirming the for any person, company or corpora'0? and Passed by the Board of Commis-of'Seventh North Street levy of the tax becomes effective, tion to write, print, publish or cir- sioners of Provo City this 7th day But, tho China is a land of musical ..cost voices (as anyone will testify who has ire.en .e west S'e of First West without interest In the eyent of any culate in any newspaper, magazine, of June, A. D. 1921. to of listened the hawker ind ,a P'nt 88 feet east of the installment or the interest aforesaid periodical or circular written, printed songs the ' LE ROY DIXON, ist price and the coolie), the boy Lori stood fine list;!" 7 Birst West Street to the not being paid on the date the same or published within the corpSrate limMayor alone. He had the most wonderful is of its advertisement of Provo Attest whole the also amount City any Pavement; ots58cSe ra,k becorpes due, voices among 400 million Chinese. FRED EVANS, a.nd 8- Block 29. Plat C, the special tax unpaid at the time the of cigarettes or cigarette papers, or rrevn shoes of Despite this, he had to work hard be'or Survey of Building Lots, said installment and interest are due; any disguise subterfuge of either of City Recorder .33 third. fore he became great. For many lots and lands abutting on the shall become due and payable, and these. It shall also be unlawful for (Seal.) the of Intti rin years be was a tnummer a Chinese hwT, it of Seventh North Street shall draqr interest at the rate of any person, company or corporation actor. Ten years ago he was disCENSEfT exhibit on STATE the or to OF until UTAH $15.50. and First eight per cent per annum lversity Avenue, publish post, any covered in Shanghai. At once he ll street-sign the Northeast sale. of the property assessed; pro7rt.. ,7et,--aplacard or billboard; or in COUNTY OF UTAH, became a musical star. in fool save been Section 1, Township 7 vided, one or more installments in the or on any package of merchandise PROVO CITY, a By odd epincldence, the great ChiHoward V 8 or or other Fred showcase, a of Recorder of in are which I, pies: for Evans, any order payable, .Bast, helve depth City nese tenor died from a bursted blood they rods back from the Taha, both property the whole special tax unpaid, may be-be lace within the corporate limits of Provo City, Utah, do hereby certify vessel in his throat, similar to that to Hinton Hbelow for rovo that the above and foregoing is a full which threatened to take the life of NOT City, any advertisement paid on the. day any installment oris Kay. IlnseVt4 ' levied to defray the comes due, by paying the amount cigarettes or cigarette papers, or any true and correct copy of an ordinance Caruso, now convalescent. us. four foot disguise or subterfuge of either of passed by the Board of CommisTernon thereof and interest to said date. COnCnstrVctinK U, The story of Lou Hoong-shen- s . these. of idewalk sioners Provo shall 3. 7th ordinance pearl This Section City, Utah. June life shows that the rule for anccess 1eets upon the said rk. and Taylor Use of tobacco, etc., 1921, entitled: An Ordinance Mak- is universal: Nature may give ft man Section 3. tke Property herein take effect one day after its. passage Stanley ot cn.8ed, to be especially ben and first publication. by minors unlawful. It shall be un- ing it Unlawful to Sell Cigarettes and wonderful gifts, but only hard work arson, bothyield. hi 8y said the Board of Commis lawful for the, proprietor of any place Cigarette Papers; to permit minors and patience can give him success. and it is Passed improvement, by rthnr Smith, DeH . t day-Jenki- Oil . The Schofield Auto Company Received The Following Wire ns This Morning: life-savi- the prices prevail Touring Roadster m3 7. ed .7. .... rr:7T. 7 .777777, J Sedan. at-th- e - ;. X ' ( TucksjtJATm7VTTTT7TTT77777777777777400 V Tractors catch-pennie- s. 7 rr change 4 lr r 1 of Sharon Ward Reorganized At Conferecne - pub-lif- - -- Mc-Bw- an , - - c - Womens Grey I - 1 I I and other light up to 2- $5.95 unrestricted to-w- it: One-fift- h I Your of one-fift- one-fift- n, one-fift- and field t: and-land- to few of the chase of these excessive materials. Our only a fraction of the real value these them are as many worth Don't yourself that they ARE thinking cost away ful. 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