Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20

tie value--has become very popular I
with the pupils.
The cost OF maintaining the schools |
IS about $4,000 annually.
COUNTY SCHOOLS.
The county schools, under the able
management OF Supt. J. l.. Brown, are
a better condition than ever. The
.tandard OF efficiency Of teachers hos
0cen raised by the board Of examiners,
and interest and advancement Of tie
corps OF excellent teachers, numbering
1885, are increafed bY semi monthly
mcetlngs Of the Utah County Teachers
institute, and district meetings OF the
teachers. where lectures are delivered
OF educational topics and school worn
discussed. For two years past Il super
visor OF primary work has been en-
pluyed, having supervision OF tho Blk
large districtg. This year each district
mas q primary supervisor This atten<
ton given TO the worl. OF the primary
grades has had very beneficial effect.
Manual training has also been adopted
as n course Of study In all the distrialf.
| I he work IS Under the supervision OF
| Prof. T.. II sagtmond and the new ds-a
parture rs highly appreciated by teach-
ers pupils and parents,
The county schools have an enroll
| mtni Of SG2S pupils. There has BEER
expended for educational purposes ny
| he county roc 902.l9, of this amount
! is,95380 has been raised by special tax
| $50 .92i has been received from the state
school fund and sli92l39 from the
| county school fund. Four new school
l .rlgiad In
! each of the following districts; Paw
sou. Springvllle Pleasant Grove and
| Culton. They have cost about si1 .0Vl
| Ire total yalue OF buildings, gronncs
and equipments Of the county school
system is $2l29SC
| PROVO WOODEN MILLS. III
The Provo Wooden Mills company has
| had n prosperous year The factory
has run to IT'S fun capacity In order 70
,upply the demand for the excellent
goods produced by the company Part
IF the time II has been necessary 10
run night and day, The chief prodnct
of the mills Is cassmeres 1haa'
goods are TO a great extent sold TO INC
east, manufactured into clothing ana
then. many OF them, shipped back 70
| tIlHH anu SOU W tue DfVHl's VIM 49,
thus made 10 patronlze home Industry
The company has purchased 100000
pounds OF wool the past 10 months, be-
ginning with February, the first month
OF the business year. II has manufac
[ red goods to the value of SgOi,iS9iB,
Sll6,727.13 of which has been shipped 70
eastern markets. To manufacture TINS
$50 people have been employed, and t.lu
ayrol viii average $1,000 monthly.
The most noticeable Improvement
made during the year Is the erection OIL
q new weave room, now nearly coet
plated. II Is one-story brick le0xj
feet, at cost Of about Sl5.O0Ol The
roof IS In sawtooth shape, the structure
having II gables on the north side OF
each OF the II slopes OF tho roofs the
greater part Of the covering Of glass,
thus giving the operatives sufficient
light which the old weave room dld
not afford Sixteen new broad looms
have been purchased and others VIII
be purchased &c I'LL the new room.
THE STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
Srandly imposing and inviting with
benign expression smiling out from the
very base of the section of the mighty
Wasatch between the historic Timpano-
cog (stony) Provo river on the norm
and the depression leading over the d.
vide via Hobbe creek and the tran ~
Strawberry valley. stands picturesque
am majestic. our state hospital for ue
insane. popularly known as the STAY
Mental Hospital As IL protected by th'
mighty rampant, Alpine In appearance.
and rising. towering In colossal grand
eur and In almost direct proximity on
the east, II seems also to stand, 81
almost crouch In kingly, lion-llke atl .
tude surveying calmly as II IN COM
mand not only all Provo but the sur
rounding cities and towns, In a WORT
the entire Utah valley, the ioyeilest VI
oar state, and the beautiful Utah lake
seen lust over the city and stretching
10 the north and south with the more
modest and parallel ranges OF lower
hills still TO the great spreading west
No mistake was made In the loca-
tion of this stately home for the most
unfortunate class Of afflicted humanity
The sanitary features are well-nlgh
perfsct: the picturesqueness Is difilcuil
Ia surpass the grandeur of the COM
plete environment is practically IN
cornparable. retirement without $50
lafion: n cuietude without the feeling
of loneliness or desolatlon; conilne-
ment without restraint; homehke
feeling without the possibility Of humii-
iatlon. a uniform equabe discipline
without Individual infringement; con-
tinuous passing and return from the
borderland into and across the belt OF
mental wilderness goes on almost un7
consciously alike TO the so-called sane
and the recovering genuinely insane or
mentally Ill., That Is to say Inc
guests come and keep coming, many
tarrying but short while and then CO.
ing 10 tell the fellow traveller of their
n,ofectlon. kind treatment entertain
ment. restoration, and blessings others
remain longer not coming with the
SHINE reclperative powers as their more
fortunate fellow guests, still others I'M
, prove despite the grave calamity that
has overtaken them and the unfavor-
able opinions expressed concerning
them by their iniudcious inquiIers,
and others again coming in morlDund
state find the rest they have long un-
, Willingly sought and pass 10 the great
beyond 10 The soft music of the BLEND
ing sounds Of the industry OF voice and
hand of their faithful and constant at
, tpndants. And yet again others
thanks be 10 the wise and faithful man
agemont coming with distinctive hab-
/ | its acquired return 10 their homes, nO'
: only recovered but many times richer
! for the new education received In the
r way OF temperance and correct HE,
4 WAYS
The Institution was formally OPENED
or July 60 1855 the south wing only ~.
-, rg partly finished During the remains
/ dor Of the year there were 81 Inmates
, The next year. 1856, there were 81 y
ac.ual average daily attendance and y
: Under care and treatment representing
the floating population for that year
f, In 1857 there were In attendance 50 and
, under care and treatment 40. In lSN
: the attendance was 100 and the total I'M
der care and treatment was l25 In lSS.
, The ATTENDANCE 100 and the floating
populatl0n III In 1890 Il stood 100 and
: III. there being apparently no Increase
In the permanent population for that
. year In 1891 Il stood. attendance 100
under care and treatment 1866 IN ls9.
= IL was 1853 and 1877. The north wing and
administration building were mainly
ready for occupancy this year. thus
giving ample room for the gradually In
cfensing population TN about 1898. The