The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-28
Matters of Interest In the Metropolis
of Utah County.
Especial Correspondence.

] especial correspondence
&, Provo, May 27.-Reports come in
from the farmers of Utah county that
the recent rains have done world of
good to the crops and that products
| this year bid fair to come up to the
! standard. There has been lots of fruit
killed, but there is still large quanti-
| ties of it on the trees that has not been
injured.
Miss Nettie Neff of this 6ity left to-
day for Salt Lake, where she will take
a position on the staff of the Young
Ladies' Journal.
Attorney D. D. Houtz is in Beaver on
professional business.
Miss Alice Thueson of the Fourth
ward gave a musical this evening in
Miss Ruth Wilson's honor, a daughter
of Judge E. A Wilson, who is visiting
friends in the Garden City.
Miss Annie Pike left Provo this
morning for the state capital, where
she will visit friends for several days.
Claud King, one of the leading stu
dents of the Brigham Young academy,
leaves tomorrow for Davis county,
where he intends to spend his vacation.
Attorney William Greer of Spanish
Fork was a visitor in Provo today.
r. S. Hines has received a letter from
Alex. Rae, one of the. Provo volunteers
in battery b, which tells of his work
that the boys will be home now in
a month or so.
Lafayette Holbrook returned this
morning from Snake Valley, where he
has been for the last four days in the
interest of the Holbrook Land & Water
company.
Mayor Hall of Springville. was in
Provo today on private business.
j. Wesney Warner, a brother of At
torney NJ. NJ. Warner, is in town for a
few days. He has been down to the
Stateline district and is here TO enjoy
few days rest from the fatigue of min
ing.
V. L. Halliday of Salt Lake was a
visitor in the Garden City today.
Mrs. Susa Y. Gates, Miss Josie Booth
and Dan McCallister party of Provo
ians bound for England, left the Gar
den City last evening.
Bert Boshard, one of the Provo vol
unteers in battery B, who left as a
corporal, has been promoted to the rank
of sergeant
Provo river is making its annual rise.
Today three young lads from this
city, James Berry, James Fitzgerald
and Robert Alexander. went over TO
Springville and tried to run the town
for short time. The time however.
was short indeed, for the marshal soon
collared them and locked them up.
The remains of the 1S-months-old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. julius Anderson.
that died in Ogden a day or so ago,
was brought to Provo today and inter-
red in the cemetery at this place, the
home of its parents.
Monday evening the flag drill of the
Provo school children will be presented
in the Opera House.
The Telluride company is rushing
work in the canyon on its new plant.
Preparations are also being made to
extend the flume TO the mouth of the
canyon where third plant will be 10
Gated in the near future.
Commissioners McEwan and Hughes
went up Provo canyon today to look
over the new road being made by the
railroad people.
1t is said that the railroad will be
completed to the power plant by the I'd
of June.
Thomas Gatherum of Scofield. who
has been here for several days visiting
friends, returned today to his home in
the south.
Miss Beulah Bachman went to Salt
Lake today to attend the meeting of
the Federation of Womens clubs.