Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-13
PROVO
COUNTY HORSE SHOW.
For cdnesday-County School Com
mcncemcnt May % at Am. Fork.

Special Correspondence.
Provo. April 13.-According to Chair
man Farrer of the Utah County Horse
Show, the number of horses that will
be I'm the parade viii be about double
that of last year. The show will be
held here Wednesday. April 10. The
committee on stabling has secured
every available stall in the city and is
prepared to take care of all that come.
Weather permitting some very fast
races win be pulled off in the after
noon at the fair grounds.
Arrangements have been made to en-
terrain all visiting horsemen Tuesday
evening at a Dutch lunch at the Com
mercal club
SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT MAY %.
The principals of the Utah county
high schools met with County Supt. l..
Il. Eggertsen Saturday at the CONNER
cial club rooms. After discussing mat
tiers connected with the new text books
and graduation. II was decided that
May is and 10 would be the days set for
eighth grade examinations in the six
largest districts, and that the COM
mencement exercises would be held May
% at American Fork For competing for
the honor of delivering the valedictory
address, the students must have an
average attendance of 9S per cent
-Four paintings, which are copies OF
masters, We're presented to l.. e.. Eg-
gertsen, county superintendent of
schools. by j. Il. Fairbanks. The paint
ings will be distributed among the larg-
or districts III the county.
YOUTHFUL TRAMPs.
Two juvenile tramps who gave
their names as Phillip Winston and
JohnN kaslem aged l6 and il years
respectively, were picked up by Pro-
bation Officer b. i. Roper. The boys
claim they are on their way back homo
to Chicago from Los Angeles at which
place they have been for the last two
months. The lads We're taken to pli-
waite families to be cared for until word
can be received from their parents and
final disposition can be made of them.
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL.
The advertising committee of straw
berry day Will meet May TO decide
the day TO hold said festival which will
be some time about June 20. The
chairman was authorized to appoint
three members to confer with the fruit
growers in regard to getting the berries.
1t was decided that as each train
passes through Provo on the day of
the strawberry festival each passen-
ger will be presented with n souvenir
cup lith WIN NtaN AhNlbAo AANANs
MUST SIGN DEEDS.
Saturday afternoon Judge John y,
Booth rendered II decision in the case
of Charles Jones against his step-moth-
en- Mrs. Lena Jones, that the defend
ant be required TO affiX her name TO
the deeds for real estate in Provo City
ana Utah county which was the prop
erty Of the plaintiff prior TO the mar
Iage Of his father to the defendant.
though the transfer of title TO the land
! bad not been made upon the books OF
| Utah county.
| The demurrer TO the other two cases
| of tho same nature by Annie Jones and
| Ella Jones Kelly, plaintiffs, was sus-
| tanned and plaintiffs given 80 days In
| which Ia answer.
TABERNACLE SERVICES.
Services at the stake tabernacle yes.
! terday We're largely attended Eldei
| Heber j. Grant was the principa
speaker and whose address was on Tho
subject Of temperance.