Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-17
PROVO LETTER.
Utah Stake Couierercf.-Insanc Asylum
Reports. General News.

IMPORTS General NtWs.
Special Correspondence me Ncci
Provo, Jan. i0.-The quarterly con.
ference Of Utah Stake Of Zion was
adjourned on Sunday afternoon.
Saturday forenoon was mainly dc.
voted to the hearing OF reports Of Elder
David John aud ward bishops. Tie
reports were OF very encouragln
nature. The greater portion Of the
afternoon was occupied By Elder
+. NJ. Lyman. lie dwclt at some
length on the great responsibility
Of the ofllre OF a bishop, and
further spoke of the completion of the
Salt Lake Temple, which WIS great
work Tor the Saints to perform, but not
nearly W great AZ one which remained
iur them yet TO per.om--the pfepsr.
alton OF their hearts That thuy might
be- worthy to enter the Temple.
90 Sunday morning The General and
Suke authorities of tho Church were
sustained. Eder Edward Partridge
Of Provo, formerly a member OF the
STAGE High Council, was sustained ms
cecond counselor IN the Sinke Pre-
sidoncy vice h. II. Cluii. resigned.
Elder Abel John Evans OF Lehi was
called 10 III the vacancy thus created
In the High Council, anu WIS sustained
iu that position.
Elder Abraham II. Cannon thought
that God was 20 ls erlug things ns to
bring about greater degree OF love
and confidence among the people; the
united order would bs tho flunl result.
| The failures ol rus past in this regard
should bu but warnings for the future.
The many advantages to DO derived
| from the united order were referred 10.
Elder Seymour -. Young waB the
| principal SPEAKER OF tho afternoon. The
sacrament aud the necessity oil par
| taking OF 10 with puru heart. was iirst
dwclt upon; the non.attendancr OF the
! youth u Zion ut meetings was referred
20, and the growing habit among the
Saints OF carl playing was strongly
condemned.
Elder a. o. smoOt made few clos.
ing remarks. He once more urged
upon the Saline tnu necessity Ot a
united action on their part 10 com.
plete the Tabernacle without MORT
enging II; also TO place the Brigham
| Young academy on fam footing.
The editors OF local newspapers were
strongly condemned for their uuCallod
Tor ATTACKS upon their brethren, more
especially In political sense.
1HE INSANE ASYLUM.
w. II. Pike, medical superintendent
OF the Territorial lus4nu Asylum,
has submitted the eighth annual Tu-
port. The following Is culieJ:
! On November 31ih, 1871, there were
in the i.stiiuuOn 1873 pRtleuts-sl
males and AZ females; admitted during
the year, i3--maios -, females H.;
discharged during the year, climates
H., iemulcs II; died during the year,
l2-males Z, iemAl.s .; remaining la
the asylum November 8Otn, ls32, 1853
males ~, fcmale- ~. The average
cost Ut care aud treatment per capita
per diem was fraction over 62l cent?
slight incrrnso over the previous
year, due to unavoidable changes. The
actual cash expenditures for current
expenses OF the year have been S3l =
500. 20, including, however, an Item oil
Ss5S.65 Incurred TOT several matters o.
construction. The general health o.
the patients for the past year huH been
.air-uo epidemic aud no particular Of
special form OF sickness, excepting
such "a are Incidental 60 people suffer
Ing from such various forms oil meuta
discaser. II may be expected Tor tn,
future TINT with the bettored conditions
surroundings and facilities for care ant
treatment, the percentage OF recOverie,
will steadily increase, and the dcatl
rate ~ steadily decline. For the yeai
past, an average of - per cent. OF tn
male patients have been employed n
some form Of work--on the wards
farm, grounds, ETC., and IS pc
cent OF the females nt sew
ing, knitting, ward, kilchon work
etc. The farm aud dairy have beer
fairly productive, although some plr
, tlons OF the farm and garden crop
have been partial failures, notably
potatoes.
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