Show F T l. NEWS Of U AH AND ADJOINING STATES 1 J DR BALL TAKES A i. i PESSIMISTIC VIE VIEW Scores Government for Building Battleships and Criticises Utah Legislature Republican Special Service Service- American Fork March farch 21 l. DI Dr Ball Dall Dallat of ot the Agricultural college of or Logan was tho the guest of at the Commercial club ciul of or American I Fork ork Saturday night and gave n n. most Interesting and In Sn Instructive lecture at tho Commercial 1 club rooms lIe He spoke at len length th upon i the value of or agricultural experiment n and ld emphasized strongly the statement nt that tho future wealth of at an any nation ii might be measured accurately from froiT the tho amount of money Invested In it agricultural c. c experiment and Invest i ff gallon gatlon i. i r I Dr Ball Dall criticised severely so the tho policy of the government In expending mone money L s so sp lavishly upon battleships and so SC sparingly upon tho the development oi of ot the time agricultural 1 interests of the country countr He Ho lIl with great emphasis that a i. i nations nation's strength consisted of four E a. a ch chief et l elements or factors First Its material wealth or prosperity o of of Its people second patriotism third national intelligence and fourth and andla f. f la last t her fighting strength tJ Thus battleships should come last be argued yet it is a fact that the cost of ot even two battleships saying nothing of or four amounts to more than the United States government has eXpended expended ex eX- in nil all its history for agricultural tural experiment and investigation that will more moro than maintain all the tho agricultural Institutions in the United States for a year He seemed to feel that such a state of ot affairs Is deplorable deplorable able and inexcusable I Dr Ball also referred very ory sarcastically sarcasticAlly sarcastic- sarcastic Ally t to the legislator who had recently called him a fool when hen he told the legislature that ho had expended of ot tho states state's money on five acres of at land at the experimental station station station sta sta- tion at Logan It was his contention and ho proved it to the audience that that would return to the state staten n fI thou thousand nd times over in actual dollars dollars dol- dol lars lams and cents In a a. time Dr Balls Ball's lecture was highly i elated b by those in attendance tho the unfortunate thing timing being that It was I poorly attended The lecture was advertised advertised ad- ad yet et the tho audience con consisted largely of or business men as men as bankers and merchants and professional proCessIonal men as doctors an and school teachers and visitors The rim actual farmers In Sn who o Interest the able lecturer spoke were rere very few In attendance flight Il ht Lo Lose CJ B Experiment r Farm lm At t tho close of the lecture a fe few questions brought up for discussion the feu feud between American Fork and it its sister town Lehi Had citizens from Lehl Lehi been heen present there thero would at least have been a chanco chance for a heated argument argument ment but hut fortunately such was not the case When hen Dr Ball Dall reported to them that he lie would have to be guar guam guaranteed an teed within ten days davs as to whether or not the committee e report to tho tIme legislature legislature- on tho the part of ot both American Amen Ameri can enn Fork and Lehl LehI would be lived up to with reference to the tho amount atwater of at water that each agreed to furnIsh furnish furn tuna ish for the experiment farm tarm or the tho JQ abandoned ot or cd j Jn Pi to hv J o- o get e ot Stephen P. P Chipman president of or the Commercial club then explained that since ince ho he ha had learned learne that It was not tho the Intention ot of the state to soil sell leaving but fifty acres of ot the farm turm thirty but Instead to maintain tain tho the skillfully skill entire eighty acres and to farm that he ho had no acres fully the thirty American Fork Forie would doubt but hut that not allow the farm to be bo discontinued moved mo or It was contended at the meeting that the tho attitude e of Lehl Lehi is to compel American Fork through some technicality technicality tech tech- agreement to tot of the original furnish three-fourths three of the water Instead in instead Instead In- In t stead of one half as they agreed reed originally of and stand ready read to do the time same They also feel that both the now and the committee appointed appoint appoint- legislature the conditions of the to Investigate te ed el station staton have given them experiment small and unjust end of tho thu bargain bargain bar bar- the consulting them an and by not gain gln thereby getting their side of or the story before the bill was passe passed |