The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-17
PROVO NOTES.

Provo. March 16.-At the Utah County
Teachers institute held here today, Pro-
fessor E. H Eastwood took up the great
er part of the time in the forenoon with
instructions in art and manual training.
A vocal exercise was given by the
Springville schools under the direction of
Professor Aaron Roylance. The time for
holding the graduation exercises of the
county schools was fixed for May 20 in
Springville Examinations will be held
April % and 26 in the several schools.
In the afternoon Professor Howard r.
briggs of the University of Utah ad
dressed the teachers of the grammar
grades, and Miss YOungberg of the Uni
Versity Of Utah the primary grade teach
ers.
The Provo Auto & Cycle company has
purchased the bicycle business Of Taylor
Bros. Co and ]. V. Dunn and expects to
do a large business in this section this
summer. The first auto of the season has
just been sold by the company to ]. w.
Mcknight and w. Lester Mangum. 1t is
a model NJ Winton machine and cost the
purchasers $500.
c, II. Strate of Spring City was in Pro-
vO today on his way home from Salt
Lake, where he has been to interview the
coal company on the matter of getting
coal for storage this summer. to prevent
a recurrence of the famine next winter.
He could only receive the promise of
two cars a week, which will hardly be
sufficient. The Sanpete people, however.
are better off than most communities in
the state. if they only knew in time what
TO expect. For there is plenty of coal that
can be hauled from the mountains by
team in summer but not in winter. and
the farmers will probably store some of
that.
NieIs Hanson. the old man from Ameri-
can Fork, who was examined as to his
sanity by Drs. Westwood and Slater be-
fore Commissioner Dunn, was committed
to the mental hospital
Barton & Blake of Park City will open
a furniture business here on the first of
April in the knight building on Academy
avenue. formerly occupied by the New
York Clothing company.
Ben r. Eldredge is down from Salt Lake
visiting friends.
Won Marion Davis. the 3-months-oId son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert z. Davis died at
10:45 last night from introsuception of the
bowels.
The meeting of the board of county
commissioners has been postponed from
Monday, the 18th, to Monday, the 25th
on account of the absence of Chairman
Dunn. who has gone to Frisco on bust
ness connected with the Horn Silver Min
ing company.
A marriage license has been issued to
Archer Huff of Lake Shore and Sarah
Ann Carter of Spanish Fork.
The Brigham Young university music
way piano
Professor NJ Rich Porter of the Weber
Stake academy has been here this week
delivering lecture before the B. Y L.
students of the agriculture on smuts, rust
and blights in wheat.
Horace Secrist an alumnus of the
Brigham Young university who will grad
uate from the University of Wisconsin
this spring. has been engaged by the uni
versty as an instructor in the depart
ment. of history and sociology for next
year.
Mrs. Christina Young, one of the in
structors In the Brigham Young univer-
sity. who has been threatened with the
loss of her eyesight for some time. is now
on the way to permanent recovery.
Professor W. H. Boyle of the Brigham
Young university is on a furlough for the
restoration of impaired health Hyrum
Manwaring is taking his place lin the
university
A lecture bureau for university extern
sion work has been organized by the B.
Y u faculty. with the following off
GERS: President, Professor Walter Cuff;
business manager. Professor J. c. Sven
son, committee on advertising Professors
n. L. Nelson. J. L. Brown and ]. c. Sven
son: executive committee. Professors
Walter Cuff. j. c. Swenson and Alfred
OsmOnd. A series of ten lectures will be
given each year in the prominent towns
in this and surrounding states
The teachers and pupils of the Tim
panogos school gave interesting pioneer
exercises last night and tonight. i'm COM
memoration of the settlement of Provo.
March Is. 1S49. A striking feature was a
pantomime arranged by Professor Samuel
r. Brown. showing the travel of the pio-
neers across the plains. The exercises
Friday was attended by the parents and
this evening repetition was given for
the children.