The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-04
PROVO POINTS.

SHERIFF TURNER took run up to
Clear Creek to-day.
The ELECTIONS passed off quietly to-
day. Up TO 2 pm. 240 votes had been
polled.
From PRESENT appearances, the Cor
ner Grocery" will meet warm reception
tonight.
THE COUNTY school teachers met in
consultation at Battle Creek to-day. An
organization was effected this morning.
and everything placed in working order
for tomorrow. The weather is favor
able for bathing and boating on the
lake and a good time is anticipated. We
hope much good will result from this
interchange of ideas, and that all will be
repaid for the time thus spent.
WE TAKE this method of making a
few complaints regarding the way in
which the sale of tickets is conducted at
the box Office of our new theatre. On
the opening night, which was July oath,
the box Office was opened at 10 O'Clock
and great number was in waiting In
order that they might have choice of
seats. But imagine if you can their
surprise when they reached the window
only to find that all the best seats had
been disposed of prior to 10
O'Clock, the time that the sale
of seats was advertised to commence,
and on further inquiry it was learned
that certain few had gained access by
way of back door, and procured all or
most of the best seats in the house, be-
fore the regular sale commenced, and
as a natural consequence our citizens
were indignant and very outspoken in
their condemnation at such an Injustice
being placed upon the public. But at
that time, considering that it was the
opening night, and that everything was
new and not in regular working order,
the people were disposed to look over
it and hoped that it would not
again be repeated. But their hopes
proved to be futile. As to day at .
O'Clock when the box Office opened, the
very first at the window found all the
best seats in the dress circle cancelled
and the greater part in the first circle,
and all they could do was to take what
was left, which they did. But it is safe
to say that they deeply feel the injustice
heaped upon them, and ever likely to
remember it, when people go
there and went around in the
hot sun as they did to-day for
the box office to open, and then when
at last their weary waiting is at an end.
they. push forward only to find that
there has been back door racket going
on-au the best seats taken-can YOU
wonder at them expressing their feel
ings in language not the choicest, and
by no means complimentary to the
Theatre management. 1t is certainly
an injustice, aud we might add, an in
suit TO the public, and We deem it I'M
wise on the part of the management to
allow such proceedings to be carried on.
Our theatre is one which we have every
reason to be proud of and we realize the
fact that 1t was a great undertaking on
the part of those who built it, and we
beieve that the people are disposed to
show their apl citation by giving it
every patronage within their power.
And on the other hand it will be neces-
sary for the board of directors to extend
TO their patrons every courtesy and
Kindness they can in order to encourage
and increase this patronage. But the
way in which it nas so far been
conducted. 1t must, and it will even
tually prove disastrous. We don't
make this complaint merely to find
fault, but we do it, believing that we are
only utterIng the sentiments of the
public. We wish the theatre every sue
cess, and it is this feeling ofinterest that
prompts US to write this, that the di-
rectors may know how the public feel
over it, and that they may see their
error in allowing it to be conducted in
such a manner.