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Show THE PRO VO HERA. 0. THE the 'saloon or dispensary in or out. vote" lwo lwal lyvHessrs. Schwab dispUyed.by-the- . is commendable, and it is to be hoped that those who are interested in the growth of the city and the impression that he will make by successfully entertaining the birdmen will help boost Provo, and demonstrate our ability to put on metropob'tan airs, ' : the Palisade (Colo.) district. . of the Tjaigcrdties The enterprise state hnv called elections immediately in order to test the sentiments y . , of the public.". Retiring Governor Mr RPattefS, QtCM Tennessee, Consolidation of The Prevo. Herald. (Daily.) and Intermountain in his last message, declared that the ' proved a Herald (Weekly. f; ; , : : T., uiIure huLthiUtjhaiJad a cad effect upon ihe peopleonlyof the state. He recommends its repeat so far as it applies to the three largest PUBLISHED JIYHiRALDUBLISHIG:c6. citiegKf emphis,shyijlev and IZliattahobgav l.Only the peculiar complexion oi tne state government, with a Republican governor, . . O. C SOOTS Editor Hooper, a Democratic state senate, the fusiontsts in control of the . Center Street house, and partisan politics ratherthan the welfare of the people the Provo, Utah main object, throws any doubt ontheactiori of the legislature. Georgia. Mississippi, and North Carolina will retain "the present , Both Phones f laws, though conditions in those states are little better, than4r-Entered in the Postoff ice-a-t mail bama and Teniessee. Provo, Utah, as second-clas- s matter, January 4,' 1911 Y Prohibition jn .the South is a failure, not onlv becausrit does not it law and Ius'sel uu A majority of the taxpayers of Provo voting at the, .special school irwthe. place of licensed saloons illegal dispensers of. liquor' Not arid Richmond (SEMI-WEEKL- law-ha'ti- bt " ' : SteDhen O. JTavn. ,.' TTnit. A , rn.rt. stationed atirriMtinn . v.vr,. Spokane, Wash., in. a lengthy paper on piimping ; for irrigationT." makes the touowing oDservationa i- r PUMPING FOR Water power by turbine wheels M first IRRIGATION can - be choice. Electric powerT-whe4; obtained reasonably, is second choice..". r A cord of seasoned fir or tamarack wood is about equal in tuel lalue of Rock Springs 'coal. --f:to a ton . : . ,. ... requires about one pint of gasoline per horse-powper hour msollne engines and distilled probably about 30 per cent cheaper. ner hour Itrequires Jlt least a oound of coal ner horse-nowf6r the'best.team engines obtainable, and about four and a half pounds per horsepower per hour for common engines. I would add at least 50 percent to these amounts of coal to. make good in ' ' : . . practice'. ,' Centrifugal pumps are not recommended for A if ts much over . ' " 100 feet. , K -- "it- a i i - A has prohibition, as a general rule, failed to improve conditions that existed under the local option system, but it has wiped but the reforms accomplished under the latter plan, and has nullified the good effects ef regulation wherever it existed. rr. chief for reason the. the enactment of prohibitory I'.Kjiiestionabry laws in the South has been the negro. Give the average Southern of the chemical sold to him as whlskv. and negro enough compound he-- is likely to prove criminal and dangerous where tie had been peace- T, he lul and industrious. complaint againstihe saloon in many parts of the South .wawjdHouided, for in many ltdws, especially in the "black belt,Ji the 'saloons became schools oFvice, and to them were directly traced a greatiortion of the crimes against women. ;This class of saloon merited the sternest regulation if not entire abolition. Local option had been gainingjrrouhd five years, and where the people voted on the question at fair elec- tions. there was general satisfaction,and the law was enforced: These laws were enforced because the people favored them, and the illicit seller did nof dare operate in defiance of public sentiment. The compulsory state-wid- e laws are not, and. cannot be, enforced, because they "are without Aht ,, Under theocaL-optiosystem-ttearlveryto wn and citv in the South having less than 15,000 voted "dry." The proportion among counties prior to the "prohibition .wave was more than ten "drv" counties to each "wet one. '" election Wednesday decreed that they did not want sewer con ' 1scHbolst-afcthi"tions TQ public DEFEAT OF timeat least did not want the im- SPECIAL TAX LEVY provements bad, enough- to "vote an extra two-mi- ll levy to pay for in- There were staJUng theiruin all the. school buildings during 1912. onlv 506 voters sufficiently interested to co to the oolls. and of his number 281 were against the levy, a majority of 56. ' It fias been said "The will of the people is" the will of .God," but in this instance we are constrained to express a doubt as to the We can not, by any stretch of our accuracy- of this statement. imagination, believe the verdict expresses the desires of the greatest to number .of Provo citizens affected. Rather, we x credit the result to a Iackj.f interest, and the high-tabugaboo, that ' has scared the taxpayers of Provo. ,. , r nec-7'V- ; TE . ... -- : -- ed But little more than two months remains until the local option election in all cities of the first and second class in Utah; which includes -, Salt Lake City, Ogden, .Provo, and PROHIBITION HERE jjpn voters-o- f HProvfrwiH nTJne?-th- e t AND-ELSEWHE- RE ,. the- - reglatedf yenueying-sakwnt-OUJIUU iuy have decidewhthe..orjctJW&hall .. ir theoillicitevjeBUe-deducf- c .... pig. er . . .... ; - , er ; When centrifugal pumps are used, more power must be . pro- - vidtd to dojhe same work than with plunger pumps.. Large puinping plants are al portionatelymore-economic. than small ones. ... ' It requtres .71 theoretical horse-powto raise sufficient water " er 100 feet high (afTd other elevations in proportion) to cover 10 acres ' one foot deep in 80 days, and this theoretical power should be dou-ble- d to give satisfactory results in practice, or say about threVano. one-ha- lf horse-p- o wen The. cost of attendance and incidentals must be in mind that turbirte water wheels and v little attention. . y That Salt Lake and Ogden will decide the question in favor of the former condition there is no doubt, for the sovereign voters, of What the aviation meet means to the city, of Provo when Mr. Wil-lar- d 3 these, cities. kiiQW-wecomes to fly here Saturday and Sunday may best be judged ' size in the United States that have fallen victims to the prohibition when the fact is known that the ... .... craze. . .. . PROVO PUTTING QN history of all meets in this country L The about conditions . the "interest dis-j deplorable by alleged prohibition 'METRO3IXTANlKs : brought in the bouth are clearly and accurately set torth in a series ot articles bv ohotoeraohers amateur plaved v. 4 ; ., f Lagag...,.:,.. in R and written has been of the means Pritchard, recently appearing by Harper's Weekly, newsgatherers sending out the results of " tne pictures ang news under local date lines, all over the world, and xcerpts trom wnicn arer ajoiiowsi After two vears' trial Tbrohibition has been officiallv: declared a tne Pig ernes orrneiiast have hung up prizes tor the best results t failure in two of the five Southern states which sought to drive from field pictures. out the liquor traffic by statewide prohibitory laws. Elected on a And again the significance is best iudered of the advantage the local option platform. Governor Emmet O'Neal, of Alabama, in his meet will be to the city when it is known thathis is the only point initial message denounced prohibition, which thepeoplejast year re- in the state that jvilL secure the flyers outside of Salt Lake, despite fused to incorporate Into their constitution, and secured from, the the fact that several other points have been in correspondence with legislature a new enactment permitting any county, upon petition, to the men who exploit the flyers. . There may have been some fruit lost by the frost of night, but there is no necessity for serious alarm, for Utah val- other sec- l tion of like area in the intermountain country, with the exception of Tithe Pallisade (Colo.) district. . j2l-g- . The movement of women's clubs of Provo, together with the CommerciaJ Club,-citcouncil and other public-spirite- d citizens to y hare-a-geerat-cie- -- . .. i '- -. ing" whistle were sounded and the myriads of little fires were lighted. Both east and west of Palisade the fires blazed forth, although there were small sections that did not Old residents say that light at all. have seen such a wide never they variance in. temperature before.. On South Main street no" pota were fired and the temperature did not go below; - - 38. while atthe JR. ratach of - of Tfiny cfiRr5 of this city. Commissioner Hoimburg wm Jubilant last night. CompIImenrs td the cTeanllness and ,." pe&ranC- - of city were heard on vl u . jfldes yesterday ..Grand Junction can polat. to her ?good looks"-witpride ad is in a position to stand the most critical inspection from any other city t Colorado. "11 Last year pvet of rub-kls- h were hauled away from 4h city .. without charge, but - th constant watchfulness of JJommisslonerlHolm-urthrough the year kept the city .. snich cleaner, """ : At a meeting of the city'oommlt-oner- a last night arrangement for the sale of the- bonds for the street paving were made. There were two bidders, but Sweet & Co. of Denver were awarded the sale if the election carries on their bid to give ai t r 2 per xent fof- commission. Tha mum amou&t of the bonds Is" 1118,00. although this ifmount will probably aot be reached. The other bidder. wa Causey & Co. of Denver." They were much lower than Sweet-Jran- a 'Junc. ,. TESANDL tt"r - ma-rl...-- tion (Colo.) News. Tork u. u-- - H i" . t ,iiu tA"-hn- f u . - alwaysefiruijtt-cfoltn,:;:- .ir.siocx. Thi v&r prt.e ihej, aProv01uenhdve.A f ;r ..o- r- s. and 0 tan . . le.--1 -- , ron tiir'..ni ad it ftrrhelp i.,.n un.i-- .or i ,.,v .a -- . P. - '.As. itt u T' :r?n!Ir:-?!"- " r VTO. vV, uu . - aiu ik d - This case win furnish much.food thought for those who eriHncrhied " m . Vl " V ; , 31 ' v UI""tlJ . uc. juuuif u ' kt - j an.- - the " ditch; for" year, has eye-sor-e .,'.. ...i .. yiiu& i , any-on- hiSf' rZ - : tH molu!l,5- - .). i,rmtP . . , tie.-I- -hl ".-c ,: .UT.1UJM.B nnnn two noie8. The new nozles will be J! 8treet w,n "Her Ive " uie not s but we do claim to give each of, our patrons their money's worth in Dental workX . mill protec ..V - '" price-cutter- - ..a f - Fifteen years experience enables us to offer you as goodps the best the water from thjjjnJIl on t Willlan- Siddoway'8 residence- In a pipe. Vernal, . Express - 0b- - Mhnts r-- p. wjvi.ui vuzzrwv three .tairty spend W tr t- v- - l- Again" ana mMt coherence visitors isonej at fcomW W. the .! Sa't 55 North Academy Ave. . S . ice rrn j. We pVstof . .w . . aaverneip ou do, of coarse yov: want fit $t clas$ : ' workmanship and good material 1 inch" . '- DO YOU, NEED A COLD ORS1LVER FILLING OR AfiOLD CROWN? , ,0 m se "umoer- oi envelopes - - e. .u.y. tion , ftin.t . f,re-- . . Abo.)t " ten M.. .criber. lirtt.r o,T ,,.. ; oaviny n. tiuas at na nsade .. ' A teaVy Veil 8m?ke 60 th,cK olie . , mi Molar? been a dangerous, trap for children. If there is thing that could be done to improve our city right now ' '' flumlng that ditch WiU Another, good 'thing "will be the V J A . , n. and 1 inch, graduating the two &iy te usewhich me are j.g and council 1:,nch, -- also figuring on pipe to run a , . for .r to nue; to the clty limits, which, besides save . Tn.... " a and can be purchased at :. , fn, Y- r- -- - ; v..,. fvvuk4 : iVl to rear y. she-an- : .. ,..T ,, .'" h r V' -- ." "people" -- Have You a Troublesome l? I.could sa The person involved Has been trying to make amends for past errors, and I are looking forward for her to a life of much nsefalnessgAnd kindness "v much In the future. She has done good in the pas u he can do much good 4n "IT- Tl . "trongly j . ,, i. I notwithstanding a bad da, and the fact "be IZtel tiZ lZ n pimea on m.tne county. Last- ', lin "r. lnt ..re Apru 21. and bids fair to utat. has m "'" . " ""r have done , ;ov.cr ut 9 greyest influx of people to Lehl will be during the home coming week. -, . -- i m ,me enmusiasm in in- ' . . huii.b wing maoe. The committee . ' titrftl .raI-r,i.'.U- - iirt atifc. t ' .'. ii . id r ic s'uffic--ient,;,.b- .th-.vBl- a' Show April 21 Sp,l j ' .opanlsForici Horn. Coming ... : uonng me coming season oepenas upon u. success oi ary laming this year, Here, it is Parties Just la from Cedar Valley. the great dry farm section of Utah county, state that the recent storms have soaked the ground to-greater depth than for several years ast at this timfl- of Tfiftr- .... anil fha. anu .Vr,.j nuauu' harvest iirassuredj Reports also are coming from other sections to the effect that the late storm has done wonders towards assuring he ;dry T'-farmers ran enormous" crop ",This is excellent news. As a state that depends largely upon its agrlcul t - . ' . - "Hors tf .n. g Lakers would hold out every induce eountry dollar. That we did not mi-- 8 th uark ts evidenced by the following from 'the Herald Re' '. publican . "Salt Lake merchant hare f'oti act that, conference visitors usually have - The publicity committee of the home coming held a meet-ing this week, aWT have districted the town off in order to secure the names and addresses - of .reryperson""who once lived in Lehi. When these are s .curea they wiil send "a . . . circular let-- , tKi "uj .. tor inviting them -- "to come home." 10 ,O0Sn!nS e strings if they They first 1 bought 1000 envelopes and worth their While. The letters, thinking this would be eometumg :nna hall Ui. "fc 5I,UDS Bargains or the Reason .as. they get into, the matter 111 we spread before their de'iirhted! "1 fV f 000 .th.re is , , - 1000 loads The Christian Science Monitor, published at Boston," MassV and having the largest circulation of any daily paper in the United States, will, on April 29, issue a special travel number in which will appear a descriptive write-u- p of Provo. Every resident of this city should" secure a copy of this number and mail it to their friends, as the value ofjhe publicity thus given the Garden City can not be estimated. ' . shaw on First street; less lliaa'a mile diaUwt, the thermometer EDITORIAL COMMENT . down tn.M NO Nnr th r. r which is t the generany last 'place io for good weather, with a knowjedgs at 'the Paeifi. land show at Los An- ua smudge, the fires were lighted among tW'T'-'-v ' .1 that It cannot be worse" ihan last hor..e -- fles. Wasatch Wave. the countrv" .. the first. A temperature of 29 the Conference visitors: mot ccrtainTv show day. Besides this there are more Deed of a ChrlstianVoman minimum was reported about a mile klo have their ; Dursea- - with -- thAmW-n.Yilv cf west town. No done was. good horses In Utah county than ever; smudging oi : ve actloa of Mrs. 8. ft is the country people that-ha' th j in Viheland. ( before. ; . . rvoueao iiit, uecnuiuK v. uryB.uuie wr ... I. Dot . , ,, and tr,. moiiey, ne .T.v. haver they ita objections ."f.!fi .o loosening out the name f thd young woman weather reports sent out ram and hnnnnot win h triwtL .t'tko daily.Grand thptfiiiiTMhey something But we main- ho stole 150,0001n securities from Junction (Colo.) News city, pavilion to the visiting horsemen noraemea tne rewhich were her,and dj subsequently to Make"lmprovemei.t"y oargains-- a. home as they can .n Halt The parade of blooded1 torses will be't,, n,V r .'.in.'. f City held on Main street, commending The next best step to Improve our Uke City.-Lo- gan Republican. i,Ann furnishes much food for 120,000, m-.nnf iA" .w muu lavivii auu 6aiut!r was taken by the city council city nie of; the self-pro- will be pivlied'off at the race track ja bought amon8 Wednesday, when they voted to flume f..... .. fessed of the 'world. Th Christians . : iuc mvciuuuu.. mum. lur ,ub hsj fllll (the ditcbthat runs eaBt on the south Arwhich ,oI1(?win Mrs. statement," be furnished by the Commercial Club tKa fnmif1 laai.Aif , .linw. jm tma r.ft .. side . of Uintah avenue.- One thousand ,a(a wv i Bnver oana. Bpanisa rora Press, i feet of .twenty-fou- r inch pipe will be U 41 profoundly regret that 'so" mucl ordered at ana when laid the un once, I nilhllrltV lino hoon Bumpsr Crops tn an nnfx. sightly flumes and ragged bridges will The following news item holds a bit tnnata ....- . i ,u be .a.thing of the past 'Basldes being of interest for those whose prosperity ..airWm.!. pEVELpPMENT ' . Brad-'1"1- ent Cleanest City in Colorado Grand Junction without, exception is the cleanest city in the. state. The an aual "clean-up- " ended 'yesterday at ioon and a total" of 477 loadB of blsh were hauled away by the 'city mendable indeed. Reports from those who are taking active in- terest in the work indicate that hundreds of people will lend a help ing hand in the grand cleansing process on Friday and Saturday ' " |