The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-22
PROVO NEWS NOTES
Special to Tho Trihune.

| Special to The Tribune.
PROVO, April 2l.-Tho Utah county
the usual display and number of people
IN attendance. The show opened with
a banquet TO tho visiting horsemcn at
the Provo Commercial Club rooms. on
Tuesday evening. At 10 O'Clock a. M. to-
day the parade of horses and fine cqui
pages started from Academy avenue aud
center street, marched north on ACad
cmy avenue to Fourth North and back
70 Center, then west on Center 10 Fifth
West and back The sidewalks and
streets were crowded with people all
along the line OF march. IT IS estimated
that moro than 100 horses were on cxh
bition, and 5000 people were gathered TO
After the parade speeches wcre made
by Prof, George II. Brimhall and other
members OF the Commercial club. At =
p, IN. IL program was given at the fair
grounds. south Of the city, as follows.
All exhibitors, half-mil", exhibitions by
trotters PAGERS and pole teams. Queen
track against time.
SUCCESS by those having charge.
The city council mot last evening in
regular session and disposed Of the fol-
lowing business II. c. Sharp and VII
liam Probert appeared before the council
anu asked for the privilege of placing
the proposed monument In honor of the
Indian war Veterans. either at the inter
section Of Center street and Academy
avenue, or on the west square. Tho mat
ter was referred TO the committee on
streets and alleys and the committee on
public grounds and city property, and
The city attorney was instructed to
prepare advertisements for bids for the
construction of the sewer on ACADEMY
avenue. May Is was fixed as the time
for opening such bids, and the engineer
was requested to prepare specifications
for the work.
The city physician reported two cases
of smallpox. and asked that arrange
mcnts be made for the isolation and care
of such patients. Referred to the board
The council ordered that all artesian
wells be shut off during the ditch clean
ing season,
The jury panel was completed this
morning in the district court to try the
case of the State of Utah VS.. Charles
Lawhorn, The twelve men who have
been accepted and sworn are as follows;
Jesse Braithwatc. George -, West Wal
ter Cox, Parey p Coward. David Con-
dor W ion E Brock i,6 Pnn5 ~ Marx rE E,o% Cook oS6 Io
Hone, Lorenzo Argyle and John Bryan.
After Il statement of the case, the prose-
cution called Lucy Duncan TO the witness
stand, Miss Duncan testified that she
was present at the Duncan home. where
the trouble occurred, when young Law
horn aud Daniel Snow got into a fight.
She told OF the events which occurred
n few days prior to the fight, and which
led up tc the trouble between the two
young men, Three brothers Of the de-
n few days before the fight took place
and one ,of these boys boasted that his
brother. Charles. could whip the Snow
boy. Afterward. on the 18th OF Febru
airy. Daniel Snow. the boy who was
killed and Charles Lawhorn, the defend
ant. met by accident at the same place,
when Snow said TO Lawhorn. 81 suppose
you came here to lick me-" Lawhorn
replied, II hadn't thought anything about
that" The next thing witness knew the
boys were scufNlng, the struggle lasting
about ten minutes Snow was on his
back on the lounge and Lawhorn was on
top of him. Joe Duncan and John Far
ley separated them and put them both
out Of the house. Duncan and Farley fol-
lowed them out In a few minutes Snow
came back IN the house, staggering. and
his mouth bleeding. Witness brought
him some water and he washed the
blood off; then he went home. The case
is not attracting much attention from
the public, but is being fought hard by
both sides: and no point is lost sight Of
which will have any bearing on the out
come,
James Slater has begun suit in the
district court for divorce from Sarah