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Show Fhe Gity of Natura PRO GRES S THE' W ATC H W O R D S&g&gXSgSSLgggggSEgSl ROVO.CITY has been under Ly the commission form, of gov-eruxnent for five years. Tostands out a splendid day the city of service example of the eficiency to be secured through this system, and every citizen of the excellent jg the beneficiay and all withone to gervice given out regard to. partisan 'politics or geetiona! interests. Today the city jn excellent financial condition and in ever department advanceconsistent ment is being made with the times. When the sturdy pioneers of the Utah valley laid out Provo City well . for its futhey planned ture greatness! Year after year rplled by and each saw new life and new development. The were replaced pthihgS became old and-New afforded. systems were inthe best the day augurated and each played its part in the development of community life and the advantages " offered at the time. For over sixty years Provo has been in the building and though its growth and population Las not been .rapid, it has been consistent and today we are a community of 10,000 people, all to live in one of happy that we are permitted y the most beautiful cities of the land and to advantages unequalled in any part of the country. While, our , parents and grandparents builded well for the "day in which they lived our day calls for a different standard. The iiew standard has during its off has 1916 and today Provo City wiped overdraft which has been dragging from year to year, and the year 1917 will find a cash balance in the city treasury. This, too, in the face of heavy expense such as the water suit filed by the Provo Reservoir company against Provo City and others; the completion of the citys portion of our street paving, and many improvements made during the past year. WATERWORKS The Waterworks system, one of the best in the United States, has been extended to new districts in the southeast part of town and extends now to the suburbs east of the cemetery. A few more lines to isolated districts and new sections will place Provos water system within the reach of every home builder in the city-- And this water system of which Provo so justly boasts be- longs to the people.' In many sections of the country a municipal water system cannot be ob tained, but in Provo the city secured' Its rights a half a century ago and step by step city officials have developed the system, until today it is unequaled in any part of the United States. At a cost of over $200,000 Provo City installed its waterworks system. Where the water was quickly as possible, yinmissioiicr Dixon also lias charge of tile public safety, including the police, fire and legal departments of the city. ' Our waterworks and irrigation departments are under the control of Commissioner Goddard. For many years ,Mr. Goddard has been connected A non-partis- ) - ail wonderful--health--recor- years passed Provo City has boasted of its effi- - fir deparemeHt. with---cient ed Under-the--dirwtio- lower than that of any other city with a popula- - J tioff"of "10,tX)0jtffthiFX-niterState8TIIighway- men and burglars seldom find heir way to Provo and but few who have come and plied their trade have escaped the penitentiary. n-of d Joseph W. Loveless, who has been at the head of the department for many years, Provo firemen . i. nave learned to fight fire and to fight it right. System plays a great part in the department and The department has also made a splendid this coupled with an excellent force of water record in keeping the eity free from drunks and places the department in the lead. The record made" during the past year is but an average receach year there is less drunkenness." Wheirthe ord for ten years past, and it demonstrates the first prohibition wave swept over the west eight and property owners protection homeseekers years ago, Provo went' dry and although many may expect. attempts have been made since that time' to disPAVED STREETS credit prohibition, the city has been going forIn 1915, the first block of cement street pavward at a splendid rate, and today our police made in its advent Utah county, Provo City court is seldom troubled with cases pf intoxicaing laid that first block, which marked the begin-in- g tion. The police officers of Provo City are conof a system of paving which, will, within the. sistent believers in Provo Citys laws and are ennext few years, cover the principal streets of the forcing them acordingly. blocks of street Under the commission form of government, now have city. Eight paving been completed. The city s portion has been paid Mayor James E. Daniels and Commissioners Le and it is ready to join with the property owners Roy Dixon and II. J. W. Goddard have divided for any extensions they desire to make. the city into departments and each member of A few years ago Provo decided to pave sidethe commission is responsible for his department. walks and today paved walks extend almost Mayor Daniels, whose knowledge of 'streets and to the city limits in every direction. Ninety per public improvements, has been of value to Provo cent of the citizens of Provo may now reach the for years, has taken charge of the street departbnsiAess districts of the city on paved walks. ment, public improvements, parks and public The total amount spent in street paving to property. At all times the mayor may be found on the job, and under his care our streets have date amounts to over $30,000 and the demand for paving in the residence districts is growing. been kept in first class condition; while the public parks are a credit to the city,- and Provos POLICE DEPARTMENT A careful study of police conditions in citcity prqperty has never been better eared for. the to this Commissioner Dixon has taken up. the city United ies similar States, throughout finances and in connection with Miss Alice Brown has brought out the fact that the police department is a very important factor. In many cities city auditor, a budget system is being inaugurated that wniundoubtecUyprove of nntmost val- a well equipped force of from ten to fifteen men ue the city: in safeguarding its finances. For are kept busy. Jn.Provo Chief of Police J.esse ..j safeyears the city has needed this system and alManwaring and three pplicemen,' guard the though it is in operation in a formative state as ty of the city and the losses through burglary or even petty larceny are practically negligible yet, the advantages are so marked that every dein quantity. The expense of the department is partment will be put under the system just as , en-jo- ben-reach- -- -- con-densori- es, . . ies a Place In Utah s Manufacturing Life foothills of Mt. Timpanogos," and the crags and peaks on the south side of Provo canyon, Provo City receives its water supply. Many years ago the springs were appropriated by the HE rfse of the sugar industry in Utah will city and . when the big. water system was installed. laterals were run, to the very fountain occupy a i oremost position in the indus--tribead ; and so well did the city care for its water history of the state for a long-tim- e to come. Today the farmer is beginning to reathat today the sparkling water that bubbles lize that,, the manufacturer is interested in him from Provo City fountains comes to daylight first in the streets of Provo. There is no break in the and his work, for the sugar officials of the Idaho Sugar, Conypany have done much for the system through which the' water may be containmen who raise the beets. J. C. Whelon of Gar-cit- y inated and as a result the health statistics of the tnd hM:wnttetvyicle''iirhich' is no doubt of are among the highest in the United States. farmers hnd beet growers. In dis-o- f The death rate ia probably the lowest of any city'" interest to all - xnssing hftt; culture Mr. Wheelon says; " its size in the world. time with the of improved processes of the that sugar beet Vlt i hot 'generally know, STREET UOHTXNO' VI 17 C traction it is a poor- - crop - of sugar beets that commercial crop is one of the now grown as street lightingystemof Provo is equal win not produce from 240 to 250 pounds of existence. ; in 'educated most to that of any city of 10,000 in the intermountain plants highly infined sugar to the ton. With Power and Light com-- i 7? Com. has been trained by the combined ancTiibll This brings" the record of the vicissitudes cultivation of fertility fluenee selection, pany and the Utah Valley Gas anT Coke comeffects and triumphs of the production of the beet sugar to yield more pounds to the acre as the pany competing for commercial lighting and each to a point where the farmer of today can raise care giving to the merchant and business man its meet v of these influences re observed and proper even sugar beets at A profit and ! the manufacturer and attention is given to their application ; modem: illuminating facilities, the business can be reasonably certain of a profit on the ex- in increase this which to limit may yield the houses of the yet city have the best. Added to this, all be said of traction of the refined 'product. "' ' This nearly the business district is covered with great arcs, may go is not in sight' We find that the sugar beet will grow in the grains and forage crops grown on the farm ith excellent candle power lights extending inall from 100 feet below sea' level to 6000 altitudes to the suburbs, the today. city presents a brilliant asWith this increase in yield, however, the - feet above sea level ; that when the late frosts in pect to those approaching in the night from any the spring destroys the fruit and the wheat the directiokn-r-Th- e education stops; the timothy contains no past year has marked many, imsugar beets have survived as well or better thad per ton than it did a provements in our lighting system and many adany other crops; that when the heavy winds have with the .grain, the grasses and all the root crops ditions will be made during the coming summer, beaten the grain and hay crops and flattened Mhotheompames are doing every thing. posaible.ePttbJ!MLr-Ji!??iu.,.- , them to the ground tBe sugar beets have weath-lere- d than a century ago a certain familyof to encourage better illumination. the storm almost without exception. We lJU iw. the wild beet was discovered to contain sugar to pT.pARp.Tr.T i have seen the hair storms in August cut 7" the" a degree that made it valuable' as The total amount paid by 'insurance compa- found that by careful selection .of the motherfmit;, from the . trees, destroy the . finest potato nies on fires which occurred in rrovo during the leaves of the beet crop entirely strifields,-thbeets that were used to produce the seed not on- pasryear amounted to $2534 40, while the total ped from the crowns, yet new leaves spring out 1? the yield in tonnage could be increased but pes amounted to only $2596.90.. We challenge inbe contd -any eity; jn the United States with a population 7 the content of thsugarper jon to This led well. (Continued on Following Tage.) attempts as repeated creased of 10,000 to show a better record. For , many southern al - .- tr - ex-T- he - re-regi- . : , more-protei- cenfcilp' --w- as e . . ' d; 7-7- -- - -- with the waterworks department and irrigation system of the city. Every-detconnected with the department is kept under careful watch, as our waterworks, sewer and irrigation are the causes of Pmvws The waterworks and sewer systems of the city are guarded at alL times With the utmost care. Under the supervision of the city commis- - ' sion. Provo lias an able corps of officers. Appointed not as payment for partisan service, but for efficiency in office. Some of the force have been in the employ of the eity for many year and are thoroughly conversant with the needs of r r " the city. OPPORTUNITIES Provo as a city offers more oportunities to the small investor and the homeseeker than most agricultural communities. There is an undeveloped fetid for many small 7 manufacturing plants. Power is within the reach of all. Gas mains cover the entire city. The water supply is most excellent and as the city is on the line of " two transcontinental railroads and the electric are ex- road facilities for marketing products r " ""V ceptionally good. the are at in the Located present city Knight Woolen mills, .the Startup Candy factory, . the. Pro vp. Foundry and Machine company,' the n com-Brick Excelsior Roller mills, Provo Pressed . panys yards, Utah .County MaUrera factory and a number of smaller plants. The Utah Woolen mills company has made" arrangements for a building site and will erect & building early in the spring for a woolen mill and knitting works. The field for creameries, evaporators, canneries and other manufacturing plants is unexcelled. EDUCATION FACILITIES The state of Utah ranks third in education. Provo is the educational center of the state. It has a richly endowed university, four well equipped and splendidly housed schools of the grammar grade; a magnificent high school, and a sectarian academy. These various institutions are presided over by superintendents, principals and teaeliers who have been thoroughly trained for their respective positions in many of the big eastern colleges and are highly qualified in ev' ery respect to perpetuate the high educational i . standard demanded of them. CHURCHES Practically all of the leading churches hav.e splendid church edifices in Provo and most new comers find friends of their own religious belief. ..The Latter-da- y Saints, hive .eight different ' wards. A new edifice is being planned by the Cathblics of Provo and members of other de- nominations are contributing to the cause. Social conditions are excellent and the theatres dances and other amusements are run in a high class manner in every respect All denominations" take part in all public gatherings and a spirit of harmony and friendliness prevails throughout the city. CLIMATE The average mean temperature is about 46 degrees. Hard winds are unknown, due to the protection of the mountains. The breezes from the lake and canyons impart a freshness to the air which can only be equalled by that of the ocean. Thua it is that the climate of Utah puts the glow of health onto the cheeks of its inhabitants, and whata more keeps it there. . . Provo ia on the verge of a great stride for ward. Conditions ate, right to bring about an era of prosperity for her. people. The surround- o ing country" is year by year contributing vos growth and to ProvoV wealth. It is the' - center of activity for great mining projects and many of her citizens are numbered among the great mining men of the state. From Provo, Utahs best fruit is shipped to eastern and western markets. The cost of living has not hit Provo with, half the force it has many sections. The production of foodstuffs ill this section is great and while others are paying high prices, Provo citizens' " are buying their.; supplies at- - r moderate prices. This is especially true of finite and vegetables. Dairy products and eggs are usually : to-Pr- - ,, : Hesnithr right in Provo for the horae- .Conditions are here and make it their settle Weker and few who home care to leave. With natural advantages in the things it takes to make home life pleasant, Provo is blesedd and her people are beckoning with open arms to all who desire to make Provo their-home- . , . . |