Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-31
PROVO.
INDIGNATION MEETING.
Commercial Club Resents Imputations
OF Unsanitary Conditions.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Provo, Dec. 3l.--Saturday morning.
when the Salt Lake papers arrived
there was considerable indignation over
reports to the effect that Mayor FITS
by and City Physician Slater had called
on the state board OF health to assist
IN enforcing sanitary ordinsnces IN
Provo. aud a meeting was called by
President Irvine OF the CommercIai
club to consider the matter.
The meeting was heli IN the atter,
noon, with an attendance OF about %
representative citizens. President IT.
vine explained that he had been re-
quested to call the meeting for the pur-
pose of resenting the imputation that
Provo was In such an unsanitary con-
dltion that II was necessary to call on
the state board for aid, and read one
OF the Objectionable articles.
DR.. r. E. Clark, representing the state
board of health, was called on for intor-
nation as to how the report had come
In possession of the newspapers. ne
stated that City Physician slater had
communicated with DR.. Beatty or Tue
state board. and that he supposed the
newspapers had received some report
from DR.. Beatty, and that Mayor brls-
by had not communicated with the
state board. DR.. Clark referred TO con-
dltions In Provo slaughter houses ana
stated that when he had previously
been here he had required some changes
10 be made and that they
would have 10 be made. He
would prefer 10 see the local authorities
make them, but they would have 10
be made. Dr. Clark was asked by
Mr.. Barnes and others as TO the sanl-
tary conditions of the city and replied
that they were good except that some
OF the blocks needed some improve
ments back Of the buildings.
or the question OF slaughter houses
Mr.. T. c. Thompson. one Of the pro-
prietors, explained that he was build
Ing a new slaughtorhouse as fast as
he could possibly do So but that the
scarcity OF labor and difficulty Of get
ting material had delayed him. He
admitted that the conditions at the
present slaughterhouses were not
good, but said they were as good as
In some Of the slaughterhouses In salt
Lake.
Considerable discussion was devoted
to the health conditions of the city,
President Brimhall OF the Brigham
Young university and j. w. Farrer Of
the board OF education spoke OF the
general health conditions as being
good President Brimhall cited MS evil
dence that Of the nearly f.400 students
and faculty In the university there
had been no deaths. and but few cases
of fever and the causes which pro-
duced them had boen traced to con-
ditions existing where the students
had formerly resided. Mr. Farrer re-
ported that among the pupils of the
city schools, between 2,500 and $500.
there had only been two cases OF
diphtheria and one OF scarlet fever,
(These reports refer TO the present
school year.
There were several speakers, and
all objected seriously TO the reports
published and were OF the opinion
that Provo was not in bad sanitary
condition at all. and that the local au-
thorlties could remedy such condi-
lions as needed remedying
MRS, BERG's REMAINS ARRIVE.
Mr. Hoea Berg arrived Saturday from
Norway, bringing with him the remains
OF his wife. who died Nov 20 IN Fred
erickstad. where she was with her hus-
ban don a mission. The cause OF her
death was pneumonia. Mr.. Berg's homo
is In Pocatello but the family formerly
resided here and have many relatives
here, among them Bishop o. II. Berg,
who is their uncle. Funeral services
will be held Tuesday on the First ward
commencing at 1 o'clock
MRS. AcKERMAN WILL PAY.
Mrs. Il. b. Alderman, of Grand juno
ton has notified holders of checks is
sued by her son, Jack Alderman, that
she will pay them, and 1t is not prob
able that there will be any prosecution
started.
A marriage license has been issued to
]. w. Whiting and Harriet A. John
son. both OF Springvile,
FOURTH DISTRICT COURT.
The following business has been
transacted In the Fourth district court:
Clyde Hows entered plea OF guilty
20 petit larceny and was sentenced TO
pay fine of SIS, which was paid. Hows
and another young man entered sa-
loon In American Fork with supposedly
Intentions.
Provo City w, JOS, Daley; plea of not
guilty; case set for Jan. IA.
Spanish Fork VS.. Thomas Warren;
plea of not guilty; case set for Jan. Is.
Catherine Kaysor VS.. Joseph Kaysor,