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Show I m Forecast Generally cloudy e 1th rain - Weather north portion tonight or day; cooler Friday. ' ' Fri- I NUMBER 114 PROVO CITY, UTAH,. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25. 1912. THE HORTICULTURAL WEEKS PROGRAM r a F More Floor Space Hundreds are .of Delegates ' Coming to Provo to Take Part in the - Festivities II E II large number of members of the Provo Commercial Club attended the t club meeting last might and all werd enthusiastic over the outlook for the lfg convention week which opens in this city next Monday mofningj W. H. Brereton, chairman of the executive committee, reported that e very ber. of the committee had - been at work preparing for the big event and that everything possible' had been done to date, so that nothing stood in the way of success. The Horticultural meeting will take place In College Hall, while the State A brothers. 1 .' nt -- Sheriff Judd B. V. U. WILL MEET L. D. 8. U. AT GYM . Sheriff GeorgeT. Jiidd has again demonstrated that .blind pigs" and liquor dives cannot thrive in Utah County. Tuesday he went to Colton and searched the joint belonging to Thomas Arrowsmlth, where he obtained 139 bottles of beer, three quarts o t whiskey and three barrels of empty beer bottles. These he confiscated and brought to Provo, where they will be held for the given length of time and unless claimed will be destroyed" according to law. Arrow-smit- h made no promises and the sheriff states that he n,iir prosecute the man if he makes ahy turther attempts ""at selling liquor. " ary. 29, has been moving along at a merrry clip and everything is now in readiness for! the meetings.. From the reports that have reached Ihere during the past two or three days it is believed there will be. Ahe largest delegation present th&t'ever attended one of these sessions and that "the list of members In. that society will grow by leaps and bounds during the three days of convention held In this city. (The program for 'the entire convention has been prepared and is now being sent to fruit growers in all parts of the state: Tt is; as follows ' , Call to order. , . Address of welcome on Behalf of the state organization. When the railroad question came up Provo City. C, F. Decker, Mayor of Mr, Manderfield of . the Salt - Lake Provo. r Address of welcome on Behalf of Route stated that excursions had been Provo Commercial Club Pres. R. R. arranged during the entire time of the contention, and Belling dates on both Irvine, Jr. -Response on Behalf of Horticul- roads would make It possible for all who desired to attend the convention tural Society Hugh J, to come in upon excursion rates. W. Cannon, Salt Lake City. H. Ray asked for the privilege of getof committees. MisAppointment ting out a general program for the encellaneous business. tire week so that those who came to 'Afternoon Session 2:00 p. m. Presidents Annual Address Presi- the city would know exactly what to expect whilg in thia city. The matter dent Jos. E. Wright Ogden, Utah. was finally referred to the executive In Experiments Thinning Fruit , committee,. which met at the CommerDr... 1 D. Batchelor, Hort. U. A. cial Club late this afternoon. Logan . y - f, Dorothy Worthen Deal, wife of John Chester Dealt manager of the Utah Wholesale Grocery Company of this city, died here early . this morning from complications from child "birth. The deceased was the daughter of 'A. B. and Louisa Worthen of ' Sprlngvllle, both of whom; survive her. She was also survived by four sisters and four tke Gets Colton Dive The Fruit Industry of Utah Will Receive Great Attention From The Country The SATURDAY NIGHT meet the L. D. S. U, In the local gym next Saurday night in a game of basket ball, and from the reports current the game will be full of interest and excitement The local hoys are playing splendid ball and It is reported that the L. D. 8. U. aggregation has beaten everything in the High School class, so that thejteams wilLbe fairly' ell matched when they come together. B. Y. U. will TO INVESTIGATE MAPLE , FLAT RAILROAD PROJECT f -- ' Vlce-Pre- j s. C.-- (Discussion, and questions.) Evening Session 7:00 p. m. Orchard Heating Moroni Morten-sen- , Beaver River City. (Discussion and questions!) Efficiency in Spraying Dr. B. n, . Ball, director, Experiment Station, , , Logan, (Discussion and questions.) Publicity for- - Utah . Fruit Wesley El King, manager American Surety Company, Salt .Lake City. The Sharon Ward members are out (Discussion and questions.) after 'a new meeting house and hare Tuesday, Jan, 30 10:0$ a. m now started to excavate for the build'Nursey Rhymes E. M. Tyson, man- ing at a point near the Sharon school ager Nursery, Brig- on Provo Bench. The' frost has gone ham City. out of the ground to such an extent (Discussion and .questions.) that they can work to advantage. Cold Storage as a Factor In MarketMuch activity Is going on in all ing Fruit Mr. Wm. Prackwinkel.man-age- r parts of that district and the farmers Utah. Ice & Storage Co., Salt who were unable to do their plowing Lake City. last fall have now started farming in (Discussion and questions.) earnest They are preparing fpr the 2:00 p. m. . Afternoon Session coming season and expect an early Marketing Problems Howard spring. 'Roads are being cut through , Fletcher, Omaha, Neb.. different parts of the Bench in order (Discussion and questions.).. to make it more convenient for travel, Canning and J. G. M, and county roads that have heretofore Barnes, manager Kaysville Canning Wen left without attention are now Co., Kaysville. being graded and rolled for the benefit (Discussion and questions.) of the coolant increase of people la Evening" Sesslon--7:- 00 p! m. t that section. Program for this session "will be provided by the local committee of BOX CAR THIEVES the Commercial Club. x. BROKE INTO FREIGHT Wednesday,' Jan., 31 10:00 p. m- CARS AT THISTLE Cbt-lege Relationship of the Agricultural" Sharon People Break Ground ForChurch ' Inter-Mountai- n ( -- ids been kppblnXed by to..Horticulture Pres. John A. President; Irvine of the Commercial Widtsoe, Logan. club' to investigate the feasibility of Wm. H. Homer, Jr., memMORE LECTURERS ARE Pruning putting a' railroad or cog road from State ber Com., PleasHorticultural GOING TO TALK FRUIT Provo to Maple Flat as S! H. Wood Is ant Grove. TO THE LOCAL GROWERS very anxious to- organize a company (Discussion and questions.) of promoting a here the for purpose - Afternoon Session-I-2:0- 0 A communication has teen 'received p resort and hotel on Maple b h e sec r eta ry of the,!. Commercial pleasure he Report of committees. Flab-Tcommittee appointed are Club from Louis A. . Merrill stating Selection o for. ensuing H. T, F. and . that O. C.- - Gregg of the Minnesota S. H. PierpontCharles ' Wright year. Belf&ont Selection of meeting place of 1913. Agricultural College, Ben R. Eldredge, . . ' 7;30 P, M... ... - . president, of the State .Dairymen, and LECTURE AT COLLEGE HALL- - -C. U. ' A. C. will be J. Sleeting held jointly with State Hogensen of the i NEXT 8ATUROAY NIGHT in Provo, March 1st to take up hortiand State Dry Farmers Dairymen cultural problems with the Corey Hanks will lecture in College Association. of this section, Special! efforts Hall Saturday evening beginning at Utah Fruit, Exchan geV Its Object will be made to get all those Interest- Oclock. The subject of Mr. HanksI Jas. M, White, manager, Ogden. ! ed in horticulture out to hear the lec- lecture ' a 111 -- .Quotations The advertising committee from and tures that w"Hl be given.- others r . Shakespeare." nyort that the work of publlc- ' A committee yt fruit-growe- rs i T" f Board of Governors. Mr. Caine delivered ashort address to the club, outlining the splendid work that has been carried on by the Utah Development League In advancing the interests of the state at large He' also pledged his word that 100 members of the Salt Lake Commercial club wquld - come come down February 3 to participate In the fair and market day. President R. R. Irvine expressed himself as being well satisfied and much pleased with Mr. Caine's statements and In formed the delegation that were the SaltXake Club .members more. willing to participate In the out side affairs ther would be greater harmony among the business interests of the vstate and those of Salt Lake. Preston G. Peterson stated that he believed the development League was not giving the state outside of Salt Lake City the attention It deserved and stood fn favor of withdrawing from the league. To Mr. PetersonS statements Mr. Caine went into the, matter more thoroughly and to the general satisfaction of most of those present, there was a sentiment in favor of continuing with of arranging;- - the program for the meeting of the State Horticultural Society, to be held In this city commencing Monday, Janu -- ' Will Be Held tricts of the south The Salt Lake Commercial Club was represented at last nights meeting by itsTsecretaryTJoseph El Caine, and J. H.' Manderfield, a member of the Mrs, John Chester Deal Died at Her Home- in This City Mrs Deal .was bora July 6, 1882, in SprlngVllle where she lived most of her life. She came .to Provo with her husband two or three years ago when her husband took charge of the Utah Wholesale Grocery Companys business. The funeral arrangements have , owing to irxroenAvsoci? Dry notheenfiefiqitely Farmers Association will occupy "the their not being able to hear from some Commercial Club rooms during the of her relatives who are out of the latter part of the week. The B. Y, 0. state. It is thought, however, that the band volunteered Its serviced to go to services will be heldi In Sprlngvllle the train to met the delegates Mom next Wednesday. The remains were day morning, but as the committee taken to Sprlngvllle this mofiftng by thought It best to have moremusic 0. H. Berg & Son. they employed the band to play in front of the old tabernacle for an hour INDIAN WAR VETERANS MET AT CENTRAL SCHOOL YESTERDAY every evening during the week. The band will also furnish special music School Children Gave the Indian when required. The chalrman of theeommittee in JFlghteri ja.Very Find .Program In- Honor of Their Visit. charge, of the exhibit-WJ, Startup, reported that as so many exhibitors The Indian War Veterans from the were applying for space it would be wars of Ttmpanogoa! Tintic, Walker, necessary to place some of them in the gallery at the old tabernacle, while Salmon River jnd Black 'Hawk, met with the eighth grade pupils at the others will probably be given space in the big basement, which affords ample Central School building at 10 oclock room for all comers. The space on yesterday morning. A program was the main floor has practically aU been prepared by the students commencing with the song America. Class Presi-desold and the different, manufacturers Orville Slngletongave an address ace getting ready to display their of welcome and a song was then given. goods and products to the best advanDean Loose told Of Incidents that haptage possible. pened to the Indians. Superintendent Eggertsn gave some remarks and speeches were then made by the veterans present For closing the school sang Long, Long Ago." tlon-aiwU-- Many Meetings Experts, - - 150 more, while delegations will coitie In from the fruit growing dis : r Big Celebration, and Assure Support Exhibitors Want UTAH The' .Deputy $av One of the Men But Vyas Unable to Get Him; Will Search the Canyon, ; Five box cars were broken into at Thistle Tuesday night but thieves did not get aayWfth much loot Sheriff Dunn, was lathe yards at the time- and came around one of the cars in time to see one of the robbers making his getaway. - He flashed his light on him find fired several shots but was unable to folilow him. around the cars A search in the canyon will be made today and. any. suspicious characters will be picked up and brought to the county Jail for safe keeping until the matter can be Investigated. ' . - -- !r ; lEVElOPIM 'T n - LEAGUE A . MEMBERS M, i BOOST TOR UTAH 4east Came Down to Help Boost For The t VOLUME 4 Many Excellent (Lectures G. Duffln that at least 150 members of Gr eat Enthusiasm at the Have BeetrPIaniiedFor tfieStateHortlculturar Society would Meetings Held at Salt Lake eome down from the north Monday. The Three Days Session To these Utah County will add at Commercial Club Tuesday Secretary; Joseph E - Caineland J H. Manderfield of The Salt lake Club ' ity has been going along at a splendid clip and that literature and bills had been sent to all parts of the state. The Horticultural Society and the Dry Farmers Association," as well as the 1 State Dairymen have, through "their executive committees sent out large quantities of advertising - matter " for conventions. the boosting , J. Eld ward Taylor reported to James 3 Good Market Far Utah Awakening Sure To Follow ? Common Varieties The Local Fishermen Will Ship at Least Two Cars a Active Campaign to Educate Week to The Eastern Con- the Citizens of the State the Has Been Launched by summers. 1 League, t X seldom witnessed ln this state took place at the Balt Lake when Commercial Club last the Utah Development League, Native Sons of Utah and the news paper men of the state met for the An awakenng purpose of exploiting Utah and her resources. There was a general spirit of get together among the represen; tatlve citizen from over thirty towns in the state and all Beertied to favor a campaign which twould ' educate Utahns to realise their possibilities and at the, same time let the country over know that there are. thousands and thousands of fine land within the boundaries of the Btate that may be obtained at a most reasonable figure. Home building has alwayB been upheld in Utah and the spirit of home building pervaded the hundreds of delegates who assembled foor the meetings at the club. During the morning the different organizations met separately to carry on the' business connected with their special lines. At 2 oclock sll met in joint meeting, where the question of advancing the states interests was taken up. Fred C, Graham arraanged a splendid musical program of quartet numbers that were well received. .. John D. Giles of Salt, Lake was the first speaker for the occasion and delivered a splendid address upon Relation jof Advertising ::to.Comm unity Mr. Giles first took up Development advertising and its benefits when conducted systematically. He followed thlB ts the community and on to the state' demonstrating very neatly that the state might gain great' benefits through truthful publicity abroad. He also took up the question of Utah Day" and its observance and gave a synopsis of a. program arranged lor the occasion which would rive like children in every school in ute an opportunity to hear something of Uttah. Postal cards would also be distributed to the children-t- o send to Eastern friends, while each child would write a letter to some one In another state, The League will also try to get scholarships to the state 'institution as prizes for the best letters written by pupils on that day. It was also suggested that every CommerciaTclub within the state hold a special session on Utah Day where addresses might he delivered by special lecturers sent frSm other sections. Folders will be printed and circulars sent out to very part of the United States. Superintendent D. H. Christensen of the Salt Lake public school system took up the question of the part public Schooltf should playln the advancement of the Btate, and outlining the oL work for the school proper-kin- d children 1 Mayor Charles R. Mabey of Bountifulof Utah and in a brilliant Address the speaker proceeded td unravel a story of Utahs enormous wealth. He then told how the state might be reclaimed and placed in the front ranks of Western commonwealths. Parley P. Jensen spoke upon the work of the Native-Sonorganization and read a preamble of the constitution showing the broad scape of that new organization. Governor Wijllam Spry was . the principal speaker of the' evening and Informed those present that the state was ready for development; but must be exploited' in order fo find the'capi tal with which to develop the vast resources of this Intermountain region. The governor told of the work the (Continued On Page Six.) The millions of common, fish that abound in Utah Lake may be the cause of a great industry springing up fn this Section, and while for years the state has been fighting to get these fish out of the lake they may yet be booked to some valuable use. A. A. Standard, the representing Booth Fisheries of New York, came to ' Provo several days ago and made Into the fish - conditions here. He finally came to the conclusion 'that the carpr mullet apd suckers in Utah Lake would be Just what his company needed to fill the demand for Common fish by the poorer classes t the large eastern cities.. YCsteT-dahe shipped the first car of com mon fish to the east The car contained 25,000 pounds andi .was .billed for the New York market These fish will be furnished to the Booth Company by the Madsen brothers, Levi Carpenter and Jake who will use seins on the lake and will furnish at least two carloads a week. The fishermen claim that later they will be able to send at least five cars a week, which will bring a very comfortable sum of money Into Provo and the. vlcinlty, notwlthstand- - -ing the fact these fish will be sold at, a very low rate to the consumers in the east Considerable notice has been taken of the fact that many of these fish will be shipped Into seaports and cities where flsh have always hereto- ' fore apparently been In abundance. One of the prominent citizens of Provo today called attention to the fact that It was extremely unusual for an apt parently desert country to ship fish to such places as New York and the are bound to attract a great deal of attention to this section, as ' well as to the Utah lake itself. In y , . Weet-pha- L lake-aid- e - y ahlp-men- ts Pleasant Grove News Happenings - ' (Special to The Post) PLEASANT GROVE, Jan. 24. J. Halliday, the general railroad agent of the Balt Lake Route of this city, will go to the Holy Cross hospital today to undergo an operation - for His life long friend, W, L. gan-stone- s. Hayes, will accompany him. Mr. Beebe will be the agent during Mr. Hallidays absence. The Home Dramatic Club will pre- sent Roanoke to the theatregoers of Pleasant Grove next Saturday night at the opera house. , Our high school basket ball Lm will go do Bpringville Saturday nlghr to meet the Sprlngvllle high. The boys are confident of success, but realize that they are going against a strong team and they mean to get in and do business,, .Some of Pleasant- - Grovesr prominent citizens will accompany the team.- . The American Fork eighth grade wilt play the Pleasant Grove eighth grade basket hall team Friday night at Orpheus liall and a dance will follow. j J x, . Mr. W. B. Mason.' oneujik the well s known of this place, is closing Tua ddbrs and will go into busl- ness in Salt Lake City after the first of February. , mg-chant- Foster, the sou of Mn and Mrs. Joseph LJndsayhad the misfortune to break his leg above the knee. He fell from a shed and the break caased him Intense suffering! Dr8. Vance and Grua reduced the fracture and the unfortunate lad is now oa the way to recovery. , -- |