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American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27
HOW LOCAL BUSINESS IS HURT

To confess a fault, or wrong,
frankly and without reservation, is
at least an indication OF wish to
atone.
The confessions that I am about
to make here. unreservedly and with
out evasion, are prompted only by my
desire to show TO the people in the
smaller cities and towns OF America
the absolute folly and unwisdom OF
the policy of supporting big mail or
der establishments, at the expense
and absolute loss OF the Woodworking
local business men who are doing
their best to build up their own com.
munities; all of which work benefits
and adds to the prosperity of every
resident of the home town; at the
same time adding most materially to
the value of every foot OF real estate
IN the community.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27
INTRODUCTION.

Yes, have been in the mail order
game for a long time. so long that /
hate to admit how many years Old
Father Time has taken away from
me.
The years have been busy ones. /
have been In the harness since way
back In the early "S0's." when !
started rs errand boy for little con-
Germ that sold merchandise over the
counter and occasionally shipped a
package to some irregular customer
who lived out of town.
have found II profitable. My wages
finally were transformed into sal
airy, and the salary was increased,
gradually at first, and then with in
creases rnd additions from percent
ages OF profit from the business UNI
til,-well | have never had any COM
plant to make.
The man who can make good In the
mail order game practically can name
his own salary,
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27
Positive Proof
should Convince the Greatest Skep.ic
In Utah County.

Because It's the evidence of al Am
erican Fork citizen.
Testimony easily investigated.
The strongest endorsement of mer-
It.
The best prc-f Read Il.
Mrs, Mary Whitaker, American
Fork. Utah, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills saved my life am sure, as | had
"a bad case Of k;d.-ey trouble. My
kidneys almost stopped acting and |
seemed to have kidney stones The
kidney 'cocretions were in awful
shape. | had much pain across my
back ard my bladder was inflamcd
took several boxes Of Doan's Kidney
Pills. They brought me relief from
the first AID | wac soon cured | can
now do az much work as | please and
feel little i'll effect"
Price soc. at al dealers Don't
simply ask for a kidney rcmedy--get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mrs. Whitaker had. Foster Milburn
Co, Props, Buffalo. n. Y.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27
Nevada Sugar.Factory
For Salt Lake County

Officials of the Follon Nevada Sugar
factory were in Salt Lake City this
week confering with the Salt Lake
county boosters regarding the estab-
lishment of n sugar factory at River
ton For several months the associat-
ed Commercial clubs of Salt Lake
County have been working on differ
Ont propositions and have subscribed
100000 and secured contracts for
1000 acres of sugar beets.
They have kept n secret who the
latest people are with whom they
were flirting, but the secret got out
when Fallon paper told of the pro-
posed change.
The Nevada factory was idle during
The past year, and the Nevada people
have been told that their factory will
be taken to Utah. unless sufficient
acreage is planted to beots. II is re-
ported that the Nevada farmers are
now eagerly signing up for beets that
they may retain their factory.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

kins, velma Strong and Alice Bates.
Recitation--Reb Healey.
SONG Bort Batcman.
Response-John Hunter of Ameri-
can Fork.
Rocitation--Max Dubois.
Song Mr. Grant of American Fork
Responsible. varney of American
FORK
Selections by Band.
Song-Arthur Forbes.
Response w. l.. Brown of Ameri-
can Fork
Song Misses Tavern and Irene
Forbes.
Prizes were given to the Oldest men
md women present These were Mr.
Joseph Walton of American Fork, and
Mrs. Gillett of Alpine.
Choir Sang-God BE With You Till
We Meet Again.
Bcnediction--F. c. Clark
A dance in the evening, following
he program, was given to the old
olks. Forbes and Carriers mixed
and in attendance. After few qua
'rills, Mr.. James Sprattlcy volunteer
d to give an old-fashioned Clog
lance" He did exceedingly we'll Mr.
David Hamnett step danced. followed
by Tavern Forbes in IA step dance.
Air. Martin Hansen, who has beer
II for some time, attended the Old
olk's party Monday Tuesday he was
reported being much worse.
Mrs Sarah A. Mcdaniel has been
II for some time. but Is now improv-
ny.
The wedding dance of Miss LaPreal
Marsh Of Highland. and Ole Larsen
If l.chi, was held In the Highland
school house Friday night. There
we're friends and relatives in attend
ace from Alpine American Fork,
l.ehi and Highland
Miss Esther Williams OF Salt
cake City. has been visiting with her
sister. Mrs. Charlie Clark.
The Sunday School officers and
teachers were entertained at the home
of Mr. willard Burgess The even
ing was spent In games and singing,
after which delicate picnic and Ice
cream were served
Miss Buena IIealey spent the latter
part OF the week with friends and
'elatives In Lehi
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27
High Schools of the
District Visited

Trustees Eli J. Clayson. J. X. Allen
Benjamin Bates and ID. II. Adamson,
of the Alpine High School Board.
spent Wednesday of last week In the
High Schools of Lincoln and Pleasant
Grove, and Thursday at American
Fork and Lchi. Tructee X. ID. Wad-
ley was detained from visiting out
side % Pleasant Grove on account OF
tho sickness and death OF his brother,
and Trustee q. A. Coates was also
able &c make the visit.
Though their visit was somewhat
brief. they feel that splendid work Is
being done in our High Schools. In
", lincoln district. where only two
th.As' work is being given. wood
work department has been installed
this year and the boys seem thorough
ly Interested In this line. Very prac.
teal application Is being made OF
their work In the way of fence gates
irrigation gates. etc.
In all departments of the schools
there seems to be good. wholesome
educational spirit, with something
over FOO students enrolled
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27
NEWSY NOTES FROM
ALPINE.

Mrs Mary Oakley and her son and
daughter. Lester and l.ovlna. hay,
been visiting friends and relatives IL
Lehi
Monday was old Folks Day at Al.
pine. The old folks were hauled tr
the Ward House IN the morning
where they remained until dinner was
prepared They all sa down to one
of the most delicious dinners of the
season.
The following program was rend
cred IN the Ward House ut p. m,
The Choir Sang-Come, Come, V
Saints.
Prayer-F. G, Clark
Speech of Welcome Bishop Vance
Song-Miss Tavern Forbes,
Response Fannie Moyle,
Song-Frank Rateman. David WI
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27
Convicted Second Time
For Selling Liquor
X. l.. Small Convicted For Selling
Liquor, and Ebert Kelly Sentenc.
ed ON Conviction Returned Earlier
In the Week,

Mr. r. L. Small was tried yester-
day for the second time for selling
whiskcy to Flowers and Collctt, the
two Lehi youths The jury was com
posed of Morley Steele. Mark Bezzant,
stephen Baker and Thomas Barratt
After being out for about an hour,
they returned verdict OF guilty and
the case was set for sentence next
Monday
The testimony was practically the
same as that given in the case tried
last week. excepting that the defence
tried to prove an alibi by his wife
and one other witness
Judge" Ebert Kelly was also
brought up for sentence aud was Civ
en- $3.50 or 100 days in Jail. There
seems to be u sentiment among tn
city officials that II Judge" Kelly will
come through with the right kind of
sentiment In the City Council meet
Ing, which will be held this evening,
his sentence may be- reduced or elm
mated entirely
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

Who pays the salary? Why, you
do, of course.
Probably ninety out Of ~ one
hundred readers OF this ,.N.,
have sent money to big mail ORD.
house after reading one of my bright
and optimistic catalogue descriptions
or after receiving one of my carefully
written form letters beginning with
Dear Friend"
Dear Friend-of course you have
been a dear friend. You have paid
my salary without whimper, you
have built up for various big concerns
which have become wealthy through
your orders containing CASH magni'
ficent buildings. You have bought
automobiles, bonds, stock, real estate,
elegant homes, trips all over the
world, oceans of champagne, and
everything else that the most exact
Ing person could mention.
You have done all this by sending
your orders with the money to the
big mail order houses.
know this, and you will believe
that / do know II after you have read
what I am writing-my Confessions
Of Mail Order Man"
My work has covered the whole
United States. For many years
have written catalogue descriptions,
handled the making Of the not-always'
honest illustrations, as you know to
your cost and chagrin; written attrac'
lively worded letters urging you to
send your orders with the CASH;
gone into the market to buy merchan.
disc with your money, which you
kindly sent in advance. and, in fact.
| have gone through the entire mill,
from Office boy to general executive,
and have q modest block Of stock,
upon which you are paying me divi'
dends right now. and which YOU VIII
continue to make very profitable for
me for the rest Of my life, unless you
wake up and quit sending orders
with the CASH to the mail order
concern which issued the stock.
No. you won't stop sending your
money to the big mail order houses
for several years to come. Some OF
you will stop. when you begin to real
lie how you are opposing your own
local prosperity and interfering with
your own prospects, but enough OF
you will keep on sending your money
70 the big cities so that Will never
know the difference.
Besides this, II see that YOU do
begin to realize Just what you are do
ing against your own town and your
own friends and associates In bust.
ness. and II think the country Is
waking up to q realization OF the ut
ter foolishness OF cutting your own
throats by patronizing outof.town con-
Germs. then ! shall sell my stock.
can get a big premium for It. There
is enough Of II to insure me from ever
being troubled about money affairs
again. You have seen to that. So in
the classic words Of the modern Aris-
totle, II should worry"
In an attempt to analyze my own
reasons for writing these comics.
sions" and exposing the whole
mail order game, and showing how
foolish 1t is for the people in the small
towns to continue to stultify their
own prosperity by sending their cash
away. am puzzled Frankly and
openly I must admit that cannot an.
swer this question even to myself.
! have no kick coming, I have
been well treated. | have been we'll
paid. am prosperous.
Perhaps after all these years I
have discovered a conscience.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

This Is the first OF Ia series of articles
exposing the methods for obtaining the
peoples money resorted to by the writer
while In the employ OF various mail or
der houses. They are the confessions"
OF man who was In the mail order busl-
ness for many years and the revelations
he makes are startling. For reasons OF
a business nature the writer withholds
his name, but he In known to most OF
the big concerns as capable and clever
manager. and he knows whereof he
speaks. To those who read these CON
fessions he will be known merely as MI
NJ q, XII
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

FOR RENT-W.th a good opportunity
to enter a Real Estate Field. the
Office just vacated by Hickman and
Baird next door to the Central Tele-
phone Office. American Fork For
further information apply to James
II. Clarke. 27-2t
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

MONEY to loan on improved cultivat-
ed farms, with primary water
rights. Reasonable rate of interest
write lntcrmountnin Life Insurance
Company Boston Building, Salt Lake
Clty. 27-Gt
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

FOR SALE-Good Potatoes, either In
small or large quantities. Prices
reasonable. Freeman 'Royle, Lehi
27-4t
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

II you wish TO buy lucern hay,
hay, potatoes, or carrots, call
American Fork Tithing Office
phone No. 30.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

FOR SALE-Best 20-acre
Utah county. Good dive
acres good beet ground. 3 a
pasture. close In. W. l.. Ha
SAINT Grove.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

FOR SAl.E-First class meadow hay,
$500 per ton. John Hiel, Lehi. 27-2t
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

FOR SALE--One-horse power N
one ten inch fan, pulley and
Ing. II, A. Laursen, Blacksmith
American Fork.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

BUFF ORPINGTONS Hatch
Is for $1.00. S. c. Suider
can Fork.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

We print Butter Wrappers. Call OF
phone your orders TO So Am. Fork. n
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

BEFORE BUYING EGGS
Call at the Excelsior +
owned by Richard II. Ha
his pure bred S. C. h,
and White Wyandottes.
i'm the county. Prices
American Fork. Phone
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27

WANTED-A job of {
furnish tho posts or il.
Write to M. II. Bennett.
References furnished if a,
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-02-27
AMERl

BEFORE BUYING EGGS mr. Fc
Call at the Excelsior A .,,,ous
owned by Richard II Ha
his pure bred S. c. I'D Mr. an
and White wyandottes. yedncsd
in the county, Prices
American Fork. Phone Mrs
in salt
| WANTED-A job of ID
furnish tho posts or i'm hrs' >
Write to M. II. Bennett. par' VI
| References furnished if as
|
DR.. GRIFFITH, SPECIy III Nv
(27-10t-p) MEN az.
'o'72 WAN street Salt Thursdt
r,on sIr -- her mot
| FOR SALE-Tcam, harnes
on-extra set of wide Mrs.
sonable--Call on Henry ,rday
5tate Road. between And friends
and Pleasant Grove, or
Mrs.
ard 81
FOR SALE-Three large ,,sitinf
wheelbarrows, eighteen
six picks. All good as Mrs
discount so per cent from Tuesd,
A. Knight, Lehi. Crooks
WANTED-Smal or froze Mr.
or culled apples for pig and NJ
Hiel, Lehi. for
FOR SALE-Kitchen Cabin y.
new. Is there any articld Monde
ture that will give more Amer
the busy housewife, will
more steps, more time, a Mr..
her 10 dispose OF the days Lake,
more ease and satisfactio Mrs.
kitchen cabinet. Here's 4
get one cheap Call Citizen Mr.
particulars. the
80 49, - - relat
FOR SALE-Best 2O-acre
Utah county. Good dive Al,
acres good beet ground, 3 a -, II,
pasture. close In. W L. Hal o. I,
SAINT Grove
BUFF ORPINGTONs Hatch n,
Is for $1.0o, s c. Snided ,asa
can Fork ",
--------------. X.2
FOR SALE-Barred Plymou re''
eggs. $l.00 per setting. A
right from the east heads ~
MILFORD W. Warwick. Pleasant e.
Utah. Phone 31-W-2
-------------------- az
FOR SALE-Excclcior Md SET
good as new. Cheap for Ct
c. Boley. American Fork
-
FOR SALE-Pure bred o. |. !"
six months old. From re rel
stock. j. +. Wadley. Pleasan uo
Phone 37-R.
FOR SALE-Modern broom po
half acre land. one block ca So
Ward Meeting House. Bath. va
cold water. etc Call at once ~
Boley. IN
FOR SERVICE-A thorobred
Chester Boar Frank Smith "
$40 Stohl Dream tandem, SIS Il
tandcm-Wlll sell either one Il
See Lionel Evans, Lehi
BUTTER WRAPPERS PRlNTE y
the Proper Kind OF Ink au
best OF paper. Quick deliver
very reasonable prices. Alpin(
Co. Call or write business ofiic
erican Fork, Phone IS.
BLACKSMITH SHOPS FOR Il
Two blacksmith shops for rem
trally located In American Fork
sonable terms. Call Judge y
Nelson, American Fork, Phone
FOR SALE--One-horse power m
one ten inch fan, pulley and
Ing. II, A. Laursen, Blacksmith
American Fork.
II you wish TO buy lucern hay, ~
hay, potatoes, or carrots, call a q
American Fork Tithing ONCE
phone No 80.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-04
RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE LEAD TO
TEXAS TRAGEDY

Marshall, Tex, Feb. As-Relgious
prejudices were afame today when
the coroner's inquest was opened into
the deaths of William Black, who
claimed to be an ex-priest of Bellaire,
Ohio, and John Rogers, a leading
knight of Columbus of Marshall.
Black was struck in five vital spots
by bullets after he refused to desist
in his attacks on the Catholic church.
Papers were being prepared today
to charge c. F. Hall, of st. Paul,
Mimi, with murder. Hall was here
with Black. John Copeland, a lead
ing Knight of Columbus, who accom-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-04

today charged Hall with engaging III
the free revolver battle in Blacks
small room in the Capitol Hotel here
last night. Copeland was shot
through the stomach and cannot sur
vive. George Ryan, also prominent
local Catholic, faced a murder charge
for the death of Black.
Miss Sallie Black, adopted daugh-
ter of the Knights Of Luther lecturer
and the only other living witness of
the most sensational religious Incl
dent in Texas history, was hysterical
today under police guard at friends
house here.
Anti-CathOlics were trying to raise
bond for Hall, as he could take
Blacks place and lecture on Con
vent Life" as previously advertised.
Blacks lecture on Effects of the
Confessional Box" Tuesday night at
the court house, led to the visit from
the three Catholic churchmen and
Blacks death.
The county Jail where Hall is held
is under heavy guard to prevent an
attempt to liberate him as well as to
protect him from attack.
Ryan at liberty under $4,000 bond,
is guarded by Catholic friends at his
home.
The fact that a negro from Cope
lands bank accompanied the party
Of Catholics to Blacks room and was
also armed, was brought out at the
inquest. The negro did not fire, his
revolver showed. Black carried re-
Volver, but coroner's officials said to-
day that it had not been fired.
OF INTEREST TO PHONE USERS
Forty thousand circulars adyertis-
ing mass meeting at Orchestra hall
next Monday night were sent out to-
day by the Penny Phone league and
the Woman's City club. Congress
man David J. Lewis Of Maryland will
be the chief speaker on government
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-04

retired in direction of Lipno, which
they still hold. German attack south
of Lipno along VistUla was repealed.
Russian forces operating southeast
of Insterburg forced a crossing of An
gerap, south of Darkehmen. Along
the Rawa, Russian aviators lombard
ed German concentration centers at
Rawa, BrZeztmy and several other
points along railroad.
Hundreds of wounded Russian sol
diers and many German prisoners are
arriving in Warsaw daily, most of
them from Bzura region, where most
desperate fighting has been in prog
ress for a week. Trenches near
BoFZhymow are so close together,
they reported, that rifle fire scarcely
ever ceases. All night German ar
tillery plays upon Russian trenches.
Daybreak invariably signals a new
German infantry attack.
Austro-German forces in Carpath-
ians are stubbonrly resisting the
Russian forward movement into
Hungary, it was officially admitted
today. The Germans are bringing up
fresh troops.
Niagara Falls, ONT carloads OF
high grade Canadian -four, consigned
by the Maple Leaf Milling Co. from
Kenora, Ont, is being held up here as
contraband of war, under the latest
ruling Of the British government. The
-four was to be shipped to Salonika,
Greece, via New York.
RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE LEAD TO
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-04

Two families forced to flee uncIad
into street when fire attacked 3703
Wabansia av.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-04-08
Pig PICTURES WILL
BE HERE SOON

The moving pictures takenFSaturday,
March 27, when the Portland Union
Stockyards distributed II young sows
among the school children of the coun.
ty, by representative of Pathe
Weekly, will be shown at the Gem
theatre on Friday and Saturday, April
l6 and II. A letter was received yes
terday by the Glacier from 0. M.
Plummer, secretary and treasurer of
the stockyards company. who was here
when the swine were being distributed,
offering the local people the privilege
of seeing the film. Arrangements we're
Immediately made with the Gem to
have the pictures shown on the dates
above mentioned, when it will be most
convenient for the boys and girls of the
county to see the moving pictures.
A portion of MIR. Plummer's letter
follows:
The moving picture film is a splen-
did piece OF photography. There is
about $50 feet of it and if you would
like could send Il up to you TO be run
in your picture house any time after
next Sunday. After you have had it at
Hood River it will be sent to San Fran.
cisco. The original film was sent to
the Pathe people at New York to be
used in their weekly.
II am looking forward to the time,
and that very shortly, when Hood River
will be as famous for its hog produc-
tion as for that of apples and believe
this will be brought about without any
reduction in the apple crop; rather the
reverse.
IL was quite pleased early Monday
morning to receive telephone from
White Salmon saying that the school
over there wanted to make
for 25 sows."
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-04-08
BETTER BABIES CAM
PAIGN is NOW ON

April Z, 1915.
Editor Glacier: At an enthusiastic
meeting of interested mothers in the
county library Saturday, April 3, defin-
lte steps were taken towards arranging
Better Babies contest and health ex-
hibit for Hood. River in connection with
the school children's industrial fair.
A preliminary meeting was held some
weeks ago. AT last Saturdays meeting
Mrs. h. o. Dutr0 was unanimously
elected manager because of her inter
est In starting the movement here, and
her experience gained as mebmer of
The state hygiene committee of the
Mothers Congress. Mrs. C. d. Hoyt
was In the same manner elected her
assistant. Five of the Parent Teacher
and Mothers clubs of the valley we're
represented. Ii is sincerely hoped that
when the next meeting is announced all
Will send at least some members. In
fact, every mother in city or valley
who is interesented in the movement is
urged to come.
II was decided that two committees,
the hygiene and visiting committees,
should be appointed by the president of
each Parent Teacher Association. The
duty of the hygiene committee is to
see that the literature concerning the
movement be posted in the school and
information regarding IL be made gen.
eral. The visiting committee will try
to make personal canvass of all the
mothers of eligible babies in the city
and valley, explaining to them the
purpose and value of such a contest and
registering as many applicants as pos
sible
Children up to the age of five years
are eligible. A motion to request five
dollars apiece, or as near that amount
as possible, from the different associa-
tions, was unanimously carried.
This fund will be used TO defray the
necessary expenses. Hood River doubt
less needs no enlightenment on this
movement, which has done so much to
improve the children throughout our
country, but TO be reminded that it is
not contest Of beauty, or cuteness, or
fatness in our babies, but scientific
action to learn how nearly physically
and mentally perfect our children may
be, and il not perfect what their short.
eoihinBh are, Host important, now 10
correct them.
The health exhibit will be interesting
to all mothers. Proper implements for
the entire feeding and care of the baby
will be displayed.
1t was suggested that girls who
would send sewing to the fair might
make one or more of the little gar
ments necessary for a properly clothed
baby. In like manner boy carpenters
might display homemade beds and other
little articles for the babies better
health and comfort.
1t is to be concluded that the soil
and intelligence that can produce the
best apples in the world ought to do
wonders for that which interests them
much more Vitally, namely. their chill
dren. Committee.