Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-04
FAVORED EPHRAlM.
Would That Every Town in The Stale Were
So Well Provided for.


November 2, 1897.
To the Editor:
Tphraim City, like its name sake OF
old. Is greatly favored ard biessed-ils
fine residences. its general well-to-do
appearance, and especially in the pres
ence Of so many fine looking young
people, that were promennding It's
streets last Suday afternoon, all bear
evidence of this. While the young peo-
ple were not all Ephrnimites as per-
tanning to citizenship here, but gath
cred In from other cities OF the coun-
ty for the purpose Of attending the
Stake academy; still no doubt when
considering the ancestral line they all
are, in very deed.
The stake academy has now an at
tendance of one hundred and forty
students, with the prospects of total
enrolment of two hundred In Few
weeks. A new building Is in cotempln-
ton with capacity for ilum SIX 10
seven hundred students. II Is matter
worthy of note regarding the growth
Of the school population of our state
that Notwithstanding the great num-
her of large buildings for educational
purposes already provided and that In
many instances are the most preteh-
tlous and notable buildings In our
cities. they are yet insufficient to ac-
commodato the children of the people,
GIVE us room that we may dwell
lions children cry aloud
And while our endeaNor to provide
them the facilities for education
draws heavily upon our resources, IN
the expenditure of near upon one
third Of the heavy tax paid by me
property owners for schools ana
school purposes, with other material
private aid extended in several OF our
cities. there is sill more to be done
in this direction before the children of
Utah shall all be provided for in this
line
President George Q. Cannon adj
dressed the students at the stake
academy early on Monday morning,
and in the evening Sister Susa Young
Gates of Provo spoke to the conJoint
meeting of the Mutual Improvement
association at the Tabernacle mere,
which was crowded on the occasion
by the members OF the Nj. l. A. lher
parents and friends. Sister Gates
held the close attention Of the young
people throughout the sixty minutes
she occupied. Her strong motherly
counsels and instructions to the girls
were appreciated by ALL and when
she turned her attention to the young
men, her appeal for their help In the
purity, and of their own, was so elo-
quent and touching that every eye was
riveted upon the speaker. sister
Gates was followed by stake Presi-
dent Peterson, Henry Beal and other
Elders, who strongly urged the young
people to put in practice in their daily
lives the wise and pointed instruc-
tons Of the speakers Of the evening.
The new opera house. the project OF
Messrs, Thorpe and Madison, two on
terprisiug young men of Ephraim, is
nearing completion. The dimensions
are sGN50--i feet to the square-with
stage 50x25. An electric plant Is in
contemplation for it's illumination. The
building gives evidence Of the push
and energy Of these young men. When
finished, 1t win be an addition to the
town. that It's citizens may well be
proud OF.
Election day here-but so quietly Is
j. proceeding that were II not for tho
hass floating on the public buildings,
one would scarcely know 1t. At 1890
am at one of the places appointed,
only thlrty-four votes were cast. a
Challenger or watcher there expresses
himself ns somewhat annoyed at the
lack Of Interest on the pant OF his con-
stltuentF. Later on IN the day the
people attended 10 this duty In greater
numbers, quietly going and returning
from the polls. No powder was burned.
no brass band, and the people were left
10 calmly deliberate On the merits of
me two Tickets and cast their votes
unimpeded by the excitement and tur-
mon thnt has accompanied elections
generally for a few years past.
ALBERT JONES.