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Newspaper
Lehi Banner
Location
Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
7
Pleasant Grove reports a large turnout for a veterans outing with 60 to 90 year olds from Alpine Stake and surrounding wards. Members traveled by train and carriages, enjoyed a planned afternoon program, a bountiful dinner, and voiced thanks to organizers and volunteers for a well received event.
Fragmentary OCR shows a provincial meeting about expenses for agricultural and state departments. It mentions a $10,000 appropriation for this year and annual funds, with reference to Dr Peterson and various college and agricultural bodies.
Utah Fruit Growers Association officials Mendes Woo Garvin and others visited Pleasant Grove to review the local plant output and prospects. They expect 50 to 60 carloads locally and ten times that statewide this season, with shipments already sent to eastern markets via the Provo line. Contracts for 100 carloads of peaches are planned, paid in advance, with baskets provided. Hickenlooper helped recruit new members and will visit nearby Springville.
A forthcoming Stake Fair under the M. A. wagploen will be held in the Alpine Stake this fall. Exhibits include hogs corn poultry beets potatoes and prizes. Girls will display mowers sewing and bread with prizes for success. The paper notes aims to involve youths and adults while preserving ML A identity and supporting the community.
Citizens from Geneva Grove and nearby towns will join a Wednesday dance at Geneva resort hosted by the Ei Plamen. The Pleasant Crave band will perform while Mr Wilson and the Chiff family plan reunions drawing many visitors to Gener.
A state agricultural survey by J Widward Taylor predicts a record fruit crop across the state due to favorable conditions in most counties. He notes improved orchard densities, better marketing readiness, stronger grower cooperatives, and greater car shipments with higher overall fruit production including apples peaches and cherries.
The small fruits comprise about 4 percent of the state's fruit area and are above normal, needing outside markets. Pears occupy roughly 3 percent of orchard land with a tight crop. pears have not been a major commercial factor. Apricots exceed normal, about 2 percent of planted area, many sold locally or canned. Utah is not a large apricot shipper.
Cement foundation for a new canning plant began this week. After the outside foundation is set, the area will be filled with dirt and a cement floor to allow easier washing and sanitation. Construction will be pushed forward as quickly as possible.
The fishing season began with the largest angler turnout in Provo canyon as a special Salt Lake train transported fishermen to Provo River before daylight. From Charleston to the canyon mouth, anglers filled holes with hooks and lines and many reported success with limits by noon. Dr Westphal and Gran left at six and returned with a limit before eleven. Westphal claimed a five pound trout.
Tuesday night around 1 1 oclock Ralph Handley of Vineyard and Herman Jones of Provo rode a motorcycle into a buggy carrying Alex Beveridge Gilbert Mitchell and two American Fork youths. Handley injured. Jones cast clear. Motorcycle damaged. horse untangled. no serious injuries reported.
Joseph K. Thorne and others from the Uta Centen nial Mining Company visited the American Fork canyon property early this week. D H Robinson Jack Mioree and Parley Nielsen push development as the tunnel reaches 400 to 500 feet and breaks into softer ground. One shift uplifts into softer formation with increasing mineralization and favorable news anticipated soon. Thorne notes heightened canyon activity unseen in years.
An Alpine Stake excursion to East Lake Temple set a temple history record with over 500 participants. The date marked the most people sent in a single day by one stake, as others joined from the Alpine group. The last travelers cleared the temple near midnight as the train returned to Pleasant Grove.
Dr. L. O. Howard of the U.S. Department of Agriculture stays in Utah to study progress against the alfalfa weevil and its parasites. He cites Italy as a model and notes the need for large parasite releases to monitor their spread and effectiveness locally.
Four and a quarter million dollars in money lent, cash paid patrons and business written, in satisfaction of 3 per cent loans. National Mercantile Co. Watt Storrs, local representative, American Fork. Phone 49-W. 10-4¢
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