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Show jf J 1 t ' i1 'i A GOOD horse was always able to get intoxicated drivers home safely, and that is more than the best automobile can do. . ur ? I - PROVO CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1923 u NO. 97 VOL.-XIII- f CITIZENS RESPOND PROMPTLY TO APPEAL FOR RELIEF-FUN- ESTABLISHED 1910 VETERANS OF INDIAN WAR WILL UTAH COUNTY TRUTH. o s Close encampment tonight D ' Total Collections for Flood ReDENOUNCES as habilitation Reported Over $500. j EVIL IN - THE JUGGERNAUT TRAIL By FRANK BECKER to think .the morgues of the big cities were grisly enough when I was forced to do my daily round 'of reporting to check up on the toll of murder and accident. I found there the grief and pathos, the sorrows and regrets, the sordid finale of human passion and carelessness. There was the ultimate substratum, the final chapter in lives black and in lives blameless come at last to the cold slab and the dark eternity of deathU In the hospitals were those less fortunate,! condemned to years of living death, denied the solace of the dreamless sleep. One unconsciously! lifted his eyes to the sun and sought for a breath of clean air before, committing himself to the task of grinding out copy that the news might go into the daily chronicle of events. Truly the life of a police reporter in a city where hundreds of thousands move and have their being is not'a life of pleasant things. ' And yet, if we could gather up the night and day harvest of the state highway of Utah in killed and maimed into one morgue and one hospital where the results of careless, reckless, drunken driving could be viewed in their entirety each week, we would have something of the conditions in a large city and would stand horrified and appalled. The scattered accidents on jthis trail of Juggernaut, of which many of us never read or hear, .would thus be gathered for one awful accounting. We would be tempted to dig up the smooth pavement of destruction and put the ox team back on the country road. , When we in our enlightened wisdom and our desire to keep abreast of the advance of prog-res- s laid down narrof ribbons of asphalt and concrete to bear the traffic of our modern day, we little knew that we were breeding a new race of demons, else we would have made them as wide as a city block. Little did we know, nor could we prophesy that there would spring up the Motor Nut, who takes every chance in the fond delusion that he is the only nut on the monster at you sixty miles an hour highway: the glorified murderer who drives his glare-eye- d crowding you to thedirt and flinging a raucous howl of triumph as a part of his dust; the drunken imbecile who wobbles along in the fatuous delusion that he of all drivers is the most expert j urged to greater display of his cunning by the shrieks of terror from his passengers or those he fails to run down in his path. Day time travel on our state highway on a Sunday or a hoilday has ceased to be an excur- sion: it has become an adventure. I always have my fingers crossed now when I go forth, and I try tjo pat myself between the shoulder blades when I am safely home again. It is bad enough in the day time in all conscience, what with somebody popping out of the weeds like ja rabbit to shoot across your path without warning, or some other misguided fool who is always in a hurry, weaving in and out and trying; to scrape the polish off your fender. But at night Ah, my hearties, then is the time for the real thrill! It is no pleasure jaunt then. It has become a chancey game with death. d Then fhe joy rider sallies forth like a thing of evil; then the love-sic- k swain one hand on wifi the wheel and the other around his girl; then the drunken rounder with his load of drunken screaming companions; then the thoughtless, criminally indifferent, dangerously selfish, rich man with his great car and his blinding lights drowning the whole world for a half a mile ahead of him, roaring along like a fiend out of hell and leaving you groping and stunned after he has passed. We have laws for all these would-b- e murderers and witless fools, but it is to laugh, they S' say. Who gives a damn for the law? 5 D0PE , , REUEV'E THE DISTRESSED . Many people in Farmington and Willard are now1 homeless due to disastrous floods. Olty y water systems were torn out, streets and buildings literally burled In mud and debris. the Governor Mabey has askedonce at to raise $75,000 people for relief. President T. N. Taylor has designated Sunday, August 10th as Relief Sunday. All people should rally to this relief. At Sunday schools and sacrament meetings in all the wards contributions will be received for this worthy cause. The response of the citizens of Provo to the appeal sent out by the of Com, city commission. ChamberUtah for a merce and governor of the relief fund for the n victims of disflood in the trict has been prompt, and a total of $534 is reported by Chairman John W. McAdams as having been contributed to date. " 'The reports of banks accepting contributions for the fund shows the amount collected. The Provo Commercial and Savings hank reports a 1 collection of $433, the Knight Trust and Savings bank $42, and the Farm- ers and Merchants bank $9.,The contribution of $50 by the local Kiwa-ni- s club brings the total to $534. Sunday, August" 19, has been des-of ignated by T. N. Taylor, presidentand Utah stake, as Relief Sunday, contributions will be received at. Sunday schools and- sacrament meet-ings for the fund. The cooperation of all citizens and and organizations has been secured,readia number of men are held in ness to leave for the flood district Ref in case their services are needed. indistate over the all ports from, cate that the $75,000 relief fund will be secured without difficulty. Many of the larger Utah firms have sent workers to aid In the rehabilitation. r , The work of raising funds will be organizations, through the various each of which wil1 determine its own ' plan of action. The following committee, representing different organizations, has accepted the responsibility ' of putting over the driye Mrs.- - Inez Kr Allen, Relief society. Elks lodge, E. B. Whipple, J. T. GREAT MOTION PICTURE t i - . Farrer. Odd Fellows Ephraim Homer, W. - H. Brereton, Clyde Scott, Fred Suth- erland. A. church Oscar Community Spear, R. H. Beesley. Woodmen of the World Rev. Eph Homer. Red Cross Dr. L. C. Potter, Seymore Gray.; . Service Star Mrs. W. O. Beesley, Me-Coar- d, i Mrs. Mary H. Vincent.. Municipal Council Mrs G. H. Brimhall, Mrs. Ada B. Hasler. Masonic Lodge LeRoy . Knapp, Alvin Nelson, Dr. N. H. Nelson. National Guard George Harris. American Legion W. W. Allen, Bert Edwards, Hugh Ross. Knights of Pythias Ed Scherer, Henry Blumenthal, E. A. Mitchell. Daughters of Rebecca Mrs. Jesse Harmon, Mrs. Heber Stubbs. ' er. MRS. WALLACE REID Convincing and sincere, characterized by delicate treatment,-fre- e frorfi all that is gruesome and maudlin), showing the pathos of. life in the expression of truth is the great picture, Human Wreckage, which will open Monday at the Cplumhia theater. This moving picture indictment of the narcotic menace was produced by Mrs. Wallace Reid, who , determined that the picture should vshow the world the destruction and evil wrought by the drug venders. It is not a story of the life of 'Wallace Reid, Mrs Reids husband, although he died a victim of the narcotic habit event while attempting to throtv off the shackles. Knowing so well the menace of narcotics, Mrs. Reid has produced ;a picture that is magnificent in its conception of: the salient phases of the problem, and having spent the best years of her life in helping others to combat the dope' evil she, maklas a smashing denunciation that haS been applauded by the' pulpit and press of fhe country. late Wallace Red The spirit actuates the production, and despite the subject the play is entertaining in a way! that has the power to teach a great moral lesson. The facts which have been gathered by medical, political and social experts. (The cast headed by Mrs. Reid and jincluding James Kirkwood, Bessie Love and other stellar performers i$ perhaps the most impressive ever gathered for any individual II production. attendbrokenall has The picture ance records, and when shown jin Salt Lake ran for several consecutive weeks. The demand of exhibitors for Human Wreckage, is such that return' engagements will be made in many places. j t W. Lester t of-th- - ' PRISONER ESCAPES, TERMINATING AN INTERESTING CASE - The escape of Merrill Hammond, age 22, yesterday afternoon, the release of gelton Sorenson, age 21; a few days ago, and the placing of a Spanish Fork girl in tfye State Industrial school at Ogden, terminated one of the most injuvenile court cases thkt teresting ISbefore the officers this been has J. W. Howe, Jr., L. L. Cook. f year. On July 29, Hammond met the Fork girl at a band pracSpanish CAPTAIN GUEST OF tice in her home town and the next day accompanied by Sorensen, a friend ofjHammond, they left SpanSALVATION ARMY ish Fork.j That night all three slept in a haystack at Nephi and in tijie six days they made their succeeding ROTARY ADDRESSES way to tbe towns of Moroni, Manti. Gunderstdn, Mount Pleasant and jThe trip between the last Sixty-fiv- e thousand girls fall every Thistle. two towns was made in a box car, year and five times that many boys, while the distance intervening beaccording to Captain Richard Guest tween the other towns was made on of the Salvation Army, who is in Provo to assist in effecting an organi- bicycles. 9, Juvenile Officer E. zation here and who addressed the O. On August was notified, and he Byland members1 of the Provo Rotary club the girl and apprehended at their weekly luncheon at noon totwo companions, bringing them her ; day. J where they were placed in to Captain Guest gave some interest- the Provo, of the county jailer, custody ing facts concerning the origin' of thq held for two days, was Sorenson Salvation Army in 1876 when Wilt that he merely as it developed and liam Booth entered the slums of Lontwo parties, other the accompanied don and began to spread the gospel howHammond, released. was he of brotherhood to those lowly peosixty-da- y or a was! facing thirty ever, ple. . ; term in the county jail, and his trial Its a big responsibility, de- was set for tomorrow. On his reclared the speaker. It is the misto work about sion of the Salvation Army, to render quest he (was allowed in charge of the janiservice for the betterment of hu- the court louse Willi Yesterday afterStrong. tor, manity and that is what we are in noon was working on the he while Provo for. court house, and the bf the east side Captain Guest gave many incidents he literally side west oU the relating to his experience in the ser- janitor some time, after vanished.!. Strong, vice of the army and told of the work despite and, his they are doing in this city. He in- discovered in absence, railroad yards the search his vited the Rotary club to cooperate to with the Salvation Army workers In and throughout the city, failed Provo In , rendering service for the find the fugitive. motn-err- s The gifl was taken to her social and moral uplift of the comyesterFork home at Spanish munity. her parThomas Ashton of the educational day. for a brief visit with committee spoke on Rotary as the ents, before being placed In the State Industrial school at Ogden todajr Philosophy of Service. od tp-d- 1 i . . ay FEATURE RECITAL WILL ENFORCE CLERKS MOTOR VEHICLE LAW IN OUTING DRAWS BIG CROWD COUNTY TO GENEVA RESORT The use of j glaring headlights, reckless and careless driving and all other violations! of the state motor vehicle law will (no longer be tolerated on Utah county highways, according to the announcement of Sheriff J. D. Boyd this) morning. .Commencing .Sunday every effort will be made . by county officers to see that the highways are made safe for traffic, and, all state laws pertaining to the subject will be rigidly enforced. Glaring headlights, speeding, weaving, disregardenne jof road rules and traffic regulations are among the ferquent violations that the county department will atto stamp put. tempt Buggies and wagons, or any kind of a vehicle used on the highways at night must show a tail light, and unless one lighit can be placed in such a way on1 the vehicle as to reflect both ways, two will be required. Automobile headlights must be adjusted to meet the requirements specified in the stale law, and in order to facilitate matters for th? motorin ists, stations will be designated all the towns amd cities of the county where the headlights may be changed without charge. A tocertifishow cate will be given the driver that he has complied with the law. In order to provide the county patrolman with every facility for the work the county commission cooperating with the sheriff authorized the purchase of ,onq of the latest type motorcycles. Sheriff Boyd and Jack Affleck, who will attempt to curb violations as patrolman, returned Wednesday tT evening from Salt Lake, where Harley-L-vidso- n a purchased machine,; capable of a speed miles an hour. The of sixty-fiv- e machine is equipped fully with all devices to aid in the work. Mr. Affleck was recommended to the county commissioners by the state highway board under whom ad-he has been working, and with the ditional commemdation of the county sheriff was appointed to see all seclaw tions of the state motor vehicle He will arid obeyed. are observed commence his duties as soon as he returns from Fnrt Duchesne Saturmorning. day or Sunday and Mr. Affleck statSheriff Boyd taed that every precaution will bedanfrom the to public protect ken rigid ger oh the highways, and that the enforcement is necessary for othand motorists the of protection Once again the annual excursion of the Provo retail clerks is a thing of the past, and the salespeople and f their friends are settling down to business activities after having en- joyed one of' the most pleasant outings held at the Geneva resort this season. Wednesdays excursion was by all standards a success, despite the fact that the attendance was much smaller than had been anticipated. It was estimated by various people that the number present was in the neighborhood of 500. Promptly at 12 oclock noon Provo business houses closed their doors for the day, and the exodus from the city commenced. A few hours later only a few pedestrians were to be seen on the streets, and the cars moving about were few and far between. The day was an excellent one for an outing, and all attendance records would no doubt have been broken had it not, been for the annual encampment of Indian War Veterans being held in Springville. The program as arranged by the clerks committee was carried out with efficiency and dispatch, providing plenty of fun and amusement for spectators and participants. The entrees in all the events except the burlesque bathing revue were large, and everything went merrily except for the fairs of too eager runners in the race events. The Provo band furnished music for the excursionists, and also played for a dance in the late afternoon, between 5:30 and 6:30 oclock. LEAF BREAKS RECORD The feature event of the day was the swim of Professor C. S. Leaf from American Fork to Geneva. Leaving the former place at 4:51 oclock in the afternoon, he completed the three and mile distance at exactly 6:06 oclock, an exact time of 1 hour and 15 minutes. If the distance is correct Leafs feat will stand as a worlds record, as the present time for three miles is 1 hour 23 minutes 20 seconds. This record was made by Red Rogers. Cloyd Booth, a youthful Provo swimmer, , accompanied Leaf in the last three-quartmile of his swim. Hollis Twelves, Clinton Beesley and Leo Sutherland accompanied Leaf, acting as timers and judges. Professor Leaf was elated at having made the distance in such a short course sur- time, and will have the ... f ers.1 on be countenanced, will (Continued page 8.) No violations and Mr. according to Sheriff Boyd, of making at ar- a machine1 capable to make be will deputized Affleck sixty-fiv- e an hour It is exmiles least his will authority rests. Not only encounter will he that but anticipated roads, Utah county over tend in the arrest of little state with difficulty the connection his through commission will be able to speeders and those who attempt to highway make arrests In (other counties. With evade "being apprehended. j two-cylind- ' i er one-quart- er er v" r WM. a !v - ... sf - , ii' - s' V 5s 4 b , s . . , f fifty-fir- st annual encampment night after a four-da- y celebration which is conceded to have been the best in the! history of the organiza. tion. The city of Springville has been in gala attire for the. past three days, and t'he citizens of the community have through their cooperation and Undivided effort made it possible for the thousands who attended the encampmetit to enjoy themselves to1 the! greatest possible extent. The program throughout has been an attractive one, but excelling all else was the pageant parade Wednesday mornipg. The sentiment of those who witnessed the procession was that; it wa$ superior to any parade ever seen in Utah county. Symmetry and beautification of floats were rigidly adhered to and many of them were conceptions and characterizations that would grace any procession. The Mothers Study club of Springville entered a spotlessly white float in tjie parade that was an artistic creation of undoubted beauty. The Springville Floral company with a flower bedecked boat float and the J. C. Penney company picturization of the; organization slogan, From Acorn .to a Mighty Oak, were among the more pretentious entrees. The number of excellent floats, and the care in correct detailed construction exceeded by far, the expectations and early indications. Among The these were the following: Springville Canning company float, showirig steps in the canning of products;; the Bonneville Lumber companys! material and building float; that of the H. T. Reynolds company t with (a miniature lighthouse and ocean scene; those of the Sugar company and Pexfon Candy company, from which candy ;was thrown by Utah county beauties to the children. Other floats were entered by the Wainwright BaStorkery, Springville Garage and& Package ' company, Service Meat ing company; Sumsion. and Smart, Utah Valley Gas and Coke Company, Springville Garage, Snelson Drug company. Brown and Neilson, Springville Coal company. Arrowhead Garage, and a large number of other enterprising firms. Other features of the parade included, the remaining veterans of Indian wars, in a long procession of ninety-fiv- e automobiles; boy scouts demonstrating the value- of their band, comic training; the Springville characters, Indians, etc. Notwithstanding the fact that the parade; was of unusual character and., by far ,the greatest event of the pro-gram, jmuch credit must , be given those in charge for the program in general. The speakers have been the best that could be obtained, among them being such splendid orators as Heber !J. Grant, president of the L. D. S. church, J. Preston Qreer of Salt Lake City, and Utah county leaders in church and civic' affairs. have contributed Local people mufh iin making tjie progran as successful as is apparent. Mormon V. Selpaan, a local man, was instrumental in making the sham, battle staged during the week one of the most inThe musical talent teresting events. of the. city was also used, at the various evening programs: Araon; the more picturesque touches Qf Ihe encampment was the visit of the; veterans to . the scene of the now celebrated battle where they gained renown as Indian fighters of real merit. Yesterdays program while not as elaborate as that of Wednesday was nevertheless commendable. In the evening Heber J. Grant, president of the.L., D. S. church, addressed the assembly, and the musical program was featured by a whistling solo of Miss Birdie Jenkins. The encampment will be conclud ed this evening after a program at which Walter Adams, local business man, will speak. The musical numbers will be a violin solo by Ralph ' Booth,: a cornet solo by Professor Robert Sauer, vocal solo by Richard Condie, and community singing. Several other interesting numbers are also on the program. The one outstanding feature of the encampment, according to many who attended, has been the attitude of the people of Springville and other cities aiding In the success of the, annual affair vin trying, to impress upon the people the importance of the work of the Indian War Feeling that this work should be stressed and not forgotten, the people; of those cities have attempted to show their appreciation in a befitting1 m.anner, and that they have succeeded is indicated by the success of the fifty-firannual encampment. - 2J ", ; s - - ( v Mmmmm ' , ' ' s' i i," A''?' ?a. ' MAE WILLIAMS Little Mae Williams, four-year-o- ld daughter of: Professor and Mrs. S. W. Williams, will feature the recital of the students of Professor Williams at the Provo high school auditorium this evening at 8 oclock. This child prodigy will play the piano, sing and conduct the audience in singing one song. Miss Williams is one of the smallest performers that has ever appeared on a local stage, and her musical talent is declared to be of the highest order. The program for this evenings recital is varied and includes the best classical and popular music. Several vocal and instrumental duets are'arranged for, 'and the list Gf so- SHOWS ! ( " -2 7-- 12,-00- L L Star-Spangl- ed Dressmaker Married 25,-00- well-know- - The of the Vete.rans of Indian Wars at Springville will be terminated . to- ; Last night a large and appreciative audience attended the recital at the auditorium, and the parents of the youthful performers were well EVOLUTION OF pleased with the development and technique shown. A still larger number is expected to attend the protonight. Those who will appear MOTIVE POWER gram in the. recital include some of the most promising students of Professor Tonights performance The development of mechanical Williams. will conclude the summer course of on American railroads is Professo Williams. equipment being illustrated today by the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad, which is exhibiting two of the largest, locomotives in the world at the Union BAND CONCERT TO station here. No. 1501, a passenger service locoBE GIVEN IN PARK motive, is of the type, with a gauge of four feet eight and one-ha- lf inches; cylinders 28 by 30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON inches; drivers, 63 inches; weight on drivers, 266,700 pounds; weight on trucks, 111,000 pounds; total weight, 378,600 pounds; total weight of enAnother pf the popular concerts of gine and tender loaded, 646,200 the Provo, band will be given Sunday tractive pounds; power, 66,600 afternoon at 4 oclock in Pioneer pounds; length, 95 feet; water ca- park. jHenry Steineckert will be the pacity, 14,000 gallons; coal capacity, soloist. The program as arranged by twenty tons. It is a Schmidt super- Director Samuel Jepperson is as folheater, duplex stoker with Walsch-ae- rt lows: valve gear. Only thirty of these March, The Merry American i H. O. Wheeler f engines, which are built by the American Locomotive company of Serenade.-- . i Victor Herbert Dunkirk, New York, are in use. Selection..From R. Planquettes opera No. 3500, a freight service loco- Cornet solo: i motive, is of the Mallet type. (a') (Rossinis Stabat Mater; The mechanical specifications are: (b) ,fLoye Sends a Little Gift of Gauge, 4 feet 8 Ittoses John Openshaw inches; cylinders, 25 and 39 by 32 inches; drivers, ;Mr. Jlenry Steineckert. 57 inches; weight on drivers, 481,000 Request: pounds; weight on trucks, 53,000 (a) jMy Old Kentupky Home.. total pounded 534,000 weight, (b) (Barcarolle from Tales of J. Offenbach pounds; total weight of engine and ((Hoffman tender loaded, 744,000 tons; tractive Hungarian Fantasia and Czardas power, 107,374 pounds; length, 105 Raiseka Charles J. Roberts feet 1 8 inches; water capacity, 0 Popular numbers: 16 tons. gallons; coal (a) (For Old Times Sake.... This locomotive wascapacity, also built by the LKerthley and Ktickmann American Locomotive company, and Hi Lo. (b) "HiLee, there are but ten in use. Jra Schuster and O. Sciacca In comparison with the monster loMarguerite Waltz from Faust comotives on exhibition here and exI Ch. Gounod Rimmer plained by the mechanical experts of Gavott, Wedding Bells-.W- . the company are the earliest types The Banner..".. ..Key used in the freight and passenger service. The evolution of power is best indicated by the Montezuma, a pas- Well Known Local senger and freight service engine, used in 1871. This locomotive had a gauge of three feet, driver of 9 by 6 inches; a Miss! Averil Amelia Peay, daughweight on drivers of but 20.000 pounds, weight on trucks ter of pKlrs. Catherine Peay, 86 South 5.000 pounds, a total weight of Wednes0 Ninth jiWest, was married pounds, a total weight of engine day to (Ralph Burt Foote of Nephi by and tender of 34,000 pounds, and a County Clerk Wallace Hales, in the length of but 30 feet. Compared to county court house. The bride is n the 1501 on exhibition it might justin Rrovo and Is a dressly be1 called a miniature. maker,'! by profession. She was forIn 1881 the Baldwin Locomotive merly (employed by the Walsh News company built a slightly larger en- company as a clerk. feet in length, and gine of forty-nin- e weighing 53,800 pounds. The total SALEM COUPLE MARRIED weight of both engine and tender !j was 107,600 pounds, which Is a halfHurst of Salem Eugene million pounds less than the weight was marriedAdolph to Wednesday of the 1501,- and 630,000 pounds less Vera Maria Haw of Salemmornipg Counby than that of the Mallet 3500. Clerk Wallace Hales. The Denver & Rio Grande Western ty has authorized the expenditure of 3500 type, ten Mikado narrow gauge over six millions of dollars for the locomotives, 700 seventy-to- n coal stock cars, 100 purchase of thirty mountain type pas- cars, $00 forty-to- n senger locomotives of the 1501 type, narrow-gaug- e stock cars, and additen Mallet freight locomotives of the tional work equipment. EXHIBIT of Organization. j I los is large.1 e are!-presente- Man-gu- m. Reorganized Church Elder S. S. Holm, pastor. Catholic Church Father J. G. De Laire. Saiyation Army Lieutenant Wor-then- .l D. D. Chamber of Commerce Sutton, LeRoy Dixon, W. O. Creer, Ole E. Olson, Jr., Sterling Taylor, half-bake- - WILL PRODIGY . I ! . Annual Affair Is as Best in History Reported t Fifty-firsFOUR-YEAR-- OLD . - KIwanis --Walter Adams. Rotarians Judge James B. Tuck- L. D. S. Church ' j Willard-Farmingto- s DOUBTLESS some housewives are wondering what all this, fuss over a twelve-hoday is about. Theyd be glad to get it. i Spring-yille-Maplet- on . - . it j . ; Vet-etran- s.i st Funeral Services for Formers Co. Employe Funeral services for Jane Snell, age 43, of Spanish Fork, were held Wednesday. Miss Snell was for several years employed In the county court house, at different times being connected with the assessors and treasurers offices. She died last Monday afternoon at- the 4 oclock following a short illness. I"!.. ; j - |