The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-18
PROVO NEWS NOTES.

Provo, Jan. 17.-Sames Mastaris is the
name of the Greek who fell through the
snow of the Provo canyon snowslide yes
teFday and was drowned in the river The
remains were found in the night, and this
morning brought to Provo. This after
noon they were shipped to Salt Lake by
q. H Berg q Son. and will be buried in
Salt Lake. Mastaris was q years of age.
The Provo Dramatic company, on or
ganiZatiOn comprising the best dramatic
talent of the city, will go to Spanish Fork
Saturday and present "A Strange Mar
riage" in the Spanish Fork opera house
in the evening. The company is organ
lied by Sixth and Third ward people, and
will play the leading towns in the county,
Spanish Fork being the first place IA
VOred.
A county horse fair will be held in this
city early in April. 4he Commercial club
has appointed Andrew Eggertsen, J. W.
tarrer and R. c. Watkins a committee
to make the necessary arrangements,
and they are emphatically at work on
the matter. The horse fair held here a
year ago was such pronounced success
that there will be no difficulty in Great
ing the necessary interest to have a
larger and better display of horses this
year.
The Provo Commercial club, which has
been working for about a year trying TO
effect a lease on land in the First ward,
near the depot, has at last succeeded The
delay has been OCcasiOned by a few of
the owners in the pasture holding out
and refusing to sign the agreement to
lease. They have now been converted
and the lease will be made. The Com
merCial club committee on county fair
has been instructed to take immediate
steps to organize a county fair associa-
ton, and it Is expected arrangements
will be completed for holding a fair next
fall The land to be secured is admirably
located for the purpose. Permanent
buildings Will be erected and a race track
built, and the enterprise has every indi-
cation of being a success The club de-
serves great credit for the interchangeable
work done to our cause the articles
placed in the way of the undertaking by
reason of the difficulty in obtaining the
land.
At meeting of the Provo Commercial
club held last evening the following
standing committees appointed by the
board Of directors were named:
House-Alex Hedquist, J. H. Denhalter,
". K. Spafford.
Executive-R, R. Irvine, Joseph T. Far
rer. w. II. Ray.
Members-James Glove, J. H. Frisby,
Thomas T. PieTpOnt.
Railroads and TranspOrtatiOn-WiIl
NJ. Roylance. J. II. Frisby, L. o. Taft.
County Fair. w. Dunn, ]. T. Farrer,
r, R. Irvine. Grant c. Bagley, James
Glove.
]. c. Ferrin has undergone an opera
ton at the Provo general hospital for an
internal tumoT. Mr.. FerTin's condition is
considered favorable.
Einyrs Ajax, charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses from the
Lehi bank by mOrtgaging sheep which
he did not own, was taken to Lehi yes
terday for preliminary examination be-
fore Justice Beck. He was held in 500
bonds, in default Of which he was brought
back to Provo and placed in the county
Jail.
A. o. SmOOt is down from Salt Lake
visiting relatives His son, A. o. SmOOt,
jr. who sustained a severe fracture of the
leg several weeks ago, has recovered suf-
ficiently to be able to walk with the aid
Of clutches.
The movement of the Clerks Protective
association for early closing has been
successful, and merchandise stores and
butcher shops will now close at 6 O'Clock
p. m, except on Saturday and days pre-
Ceding holidays.
A marriage license has been issued to
William A FrancOm, aged q, and Daisy
Maxwell, aged 81 both of Payson. They
were married by Judge Booth.