Show 1 E PRIDE OF UTAH COUNTY STAKE TABERNACLE TO BE DEDICATED DED-ICATED TODAY Has Cost Nearly 100000 and Is One of the Finest Church Edifices In the State Provo April 16The finishing touches upon the Utah stake tabernacle preparatory to the dedication tomorrow tomor-row were completed last evening and the good people of Utah stake may jus ly feel proud of the results of their labofj The erection of the building was commenced in the fall of 1SS2 and the greater part of the building was completed within the next three or four 1S04 the property succeeding years In was transferred to the church association associa-tion at the Utah stake of Zion and at that time it was heavily encumbered v ith debt Since August 1894 less than four years this debt has been Iaid off and funds sufficient to fully and elegantly complete the building have been raised and as one of the oflVers of the association remarked The people do not feel that they have born oppressed in the least in doing n The structure with the appurtenances appurtenan-ces has cost In the neighborhood of 930jO It is situated on J street In the try heart of the city and is one of the finestif not the finesthouse of v vrshp in the state The whole building has been repainted and the walls and ceiling papered The decoration decora-tion of the lofty ceiling put up under the personal direction of Mr Henry IJafben is truly a work of art The whole of the woodwork of the interior i has been beautifully grained and at regular Intervals through the center hang three magnificent electric chandeliers I chan-deliers the light from which when reflected re-flected by the newly varnished woodwork wood-work gives the interior a most brilliant bril-liant appearance The stand which consists of four terraces of seats is richly upholstered with deep red plush and the stairways leading up nn either side are covered with costly Brussels carpet Back ot the choir stands the great organ and covering cov-ering the entrance of the alcove ir the west end of the building is a beautiful j portiere hanging in stately folds The Scandinavian residents of Provo are I entitled to the credit for the elegant furnishings of the stand the ladies of Provo for the portiere and the employees em-ployees of the Provo Woolen Hills company for the electric chandeliers The outside of the building has undergone un-dergone some very mateial changes The whole of the woodwork InduJing the roof of the five high steeples has been newly painted Substantial iron steps with gray stone balustrades on either side have been constructed at the three front entrances The heretofore here-tofore rough foundation has been transformed Into one of massive granite gran-ite blocks by the skillful hand of the mason The unfinished windows yn the four turrets have been chiseled out nd made into niches with a view to future time placing therein at some statuarY or bas relief t conference opened In the tabernacle Q u 4 s at 10 oclock this morning Tonight the tabernacle choir gives a grand concert con-cert and on Sunday April 17 the edifice edi-fice will by fitting ceremonies be dedi catod to the purposes for which it was erected QUARTERLY CONFERENCE The regular quarterly conference of Utah stake of Zion convened in this city at 10 oclock this morning President Presi-dent George Q Cannon and Heber J Grant of the church authorities were In attendance The morning session I was occupied in hearing the reports of the different ward bishops The attendance at-tendance is especially large for this time of year and President Partridge expressed himself as being pleased with the interest shown by the people in spiritual matters I |