The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-14
BOOM AT AMERICAN FORK
Many Modern Brick Cottages Being
Erected by Enterprising
Citizens.

American Fork. May Bone hundred
and hfty-eight students from American
Fork Pleasant Grave, Cedar Fort and
Alpine took their examination here
Thursday. Very few of the students
1ailed in the examination. Out of thirty
IlVe from American Fork only two failed
20 pass The commencement exercises
III toI me SCHOOLS of Utah county will be
held at Pleasant Grove on the 18th of
TINS month. On the 18th the eighth grade
al6 Hlgh school will hold closing exer-
The High school athletes here are i'll
pIlaIit over the fact that they secured one
Lake yesterday.
The school board here secured the ser
vi wees ;, OF MISS Iottie Owens of Salt Lake
dS instructor in music at the district
SCHOOLS for the coming school year Miss
ovens has the reputation of being one
vocal instructors in the state. The board
was very fortunate in securing her SER
wees; PROFESSOR Mark Robinson, who
mas been the instructor in music at the
schoolS Tor the past four OFF five wears
VIII go 70 chicago in a few days to take
a special course In music and next win
ter will go to Nephi where he has been
engaged by the public schools of that
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wright arc 70
9olcing over the arrival of a bouncing
baby boy at their home Friday night.
g: J. JOY spent the past three days in
Salt Lake visiting his mother and sisters
VINO nave just recently returned from
San Francisco. having been there durine
the earthquake and fire They have thrill
ing experiences to relate.
MIST; Florence Thompson of San Jose
who has been visiting here the guest Of
MIS- MIS-. iva Adams, left for Salt Lake City
Earl McTague left for Bingham today.
he expects TO work there this summer
A substantial residence building boom
seems to have hit American Fork this
season, and the year promises to be a
record breaker in the erection. of new
deals every day, and it is a Significant
tact that city real estate has advanced
III Nalue at least % per cent in the past
year mere seems 10 be a great demand
for city lots especially in the Second
ward IN the west and southwestern part
or town. The lots are being pUrcha sed
by citizens who will erect modern homes
on them. Among those who have already
begun the erection of modern brick cot
IageS are NJ. o. Randolph DR. X NJ
Christensen. A. H Lowe, James Dunklev
Joseph Birch and William Duncan The
new residence OF Heber Bate, on Second
west, IN nearing completion and will soon
be ready for occupancy. The civic i'm
proNement seems to have struck every
citizen In the city, as nearly every Dron-
erty owner in the town is making some
Improvement in the way of new pOrches
FENCES, cement walks or in some other
way identifying their homes and Amer
lean Fork promises to be one Of the most
beautiful residence towns in the state
Inc stockholders of the Utah County
LhSht d Power company were treated TO
a semi-annual dividend of per cent the
past week on their holdings. The new
issue of stock by the company. consisting
of % per cent of the $780, 900 voted in De
cemDer last, has nearly all been sub
sscribed by the old stockholders, who
have the preference. The object of the
company is TO keep the control of the
stock where il is now owned, j. e. by the
cities of American Fork Lehi and Pleas
ant Grove. These three municipalities
own the majority of the stock. AS a re-
suit this. dividend brings considera bic
revenue into the treasury of these three
towns and can be used to develop the in
terests of these communities without ex-
ira taxes on the citizens There are
plenty or men anxious to buy some of
this stock that is not taken by the old
stockholders.
Eddie Shelley and Abram Greenwood
two young men of the Fourth ward
leave on the 9Th of June to fill missions
to the southern states.