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Show 'tek THE VOICE SUPPLEMENT FIVE OF SHARON Provo Sees Power Plant As Encouragement lo Industry PROVO-T- Garden City he F Sunshine, aboundant water and lertile soil are important requisites for neautiful parks and gardens. Nature has been very kind and generous in bein stowing these priceless gifts upon her children Provo and vicinity. She has also endowed most of them with a love for flowers and gardens and beautiful surroundings, with the result that our munity has won fame and recognition which have earned lor itself the title of The Garden City. t Provo City and Utah County have taken a leading part in .landscaping and beautifying their property. Commissioner Whitehead has been especially interested in this work. ii The City and County Grounds with their spacious green lawns, stately trees and decorative flow- - i MARK ANDERSON Mayor J. P. McGUIRE Commissioner W. P. CLAYTON JENKINS Secretary ; IL r WHITEHEAD 5 JESSE N. ELLERTSON Commissioner President t V Mayor Anderson Extends Greetings Greetings from Chamber of Commerce : metals will be utilized. Coal will not only furnish the prinregion is destined to cipal source of electrical engrow industrially it is Utah ergy but the commercial proValley. ducts made from coal itself are Distance from marketing almost countless. centers is our principal handiUtah is not an important cap but this may be largely state. Only agticultural overcome by shipping finished of the area of our state is culrather than raw products from tivated. We are shipping five our state.cars of agricultural products Electricity will play a major into Utah for every car that is part in the reduction, fabrica- shipped out. The trade balance tion and refinment of our met- here is distinctly against rus. als and coal. These are our There is little chance of the quantity of these most abundant natural refarm solve we the sources. .When products. We must inelectrical problem our light crease the quality and value of If any part of the Inter-Mounta- our agricultural products by processing and manufacturing. in Cheap and abundant electrical power will make these things possible. It was in September 1888 when the Chamber was first Utah Valley is sure to become a very important induS' trial center. We are in a position of advantage with respect to coal and metal deposits and no other part of the great basin area is better supplied with fresh water. We have faith in the future of this locality. ilo - MARK ANDERSON, Mayor of Provo City ij 6 J 4 In addition to high standards of traditional school work, many splendid offerings in the Provo system may be summarized as follows: An efficient summer employment service to place the more mJture students in profitable h 1 jobs during the vacation ; four new ly organized and well equipped summer kindergarten units; a summer recreational program emregular directors and ploying twenty-seve- n the building of the Provo High instructors; School library after it had been dismantled; the intsallation of the Dewey Decimal System in all three libraries of the secondary schools; a thriving winter and summer night school of 1202 average enrollment ; a new football field at the North Park and improved and enlarged playgrounds at other schools given new opportunities; regular visual education service; the employment of an all year round full time nurse; the employment of physicians to give physical examinations, inoculations, and health instruction ; added clerical help, Other city property has not been neglected. Pioneer Park, Sowiette Park, The Golf Course, Cemetery, etc., all have attractive flower beds, lawns and shrubbery. The Brigham Young University and the Utah State Hospital maintain beautiful parks and landscaped hillsides that are a splendid example and a delight to all who behold them. The truck gardens and fruit farms at these .institutions, besides providing vast quantities of fruit and vegetables add attractiveness and variety to the grounds. Many of the churches in Provo have surrounded their buildings with flowers and gardens and maintain minature parks which are enjoyed by all the winter recreational directors, and repair service through W.P.A. projects; and a ten day music fetsival in which nearly three thousand children participated. The new Franklin building that is being erected at a cost of $45,000 was made possible by a budget surplus carried over from 1935 of $14,000, increased tax sales redemptions, and a P.W.A. grant of $20,250. The new building will make it possible to move the overflow school housed in the basement of the Central and provide the high school with space enough for added classrooms. Now it becomes obvious that the nex!t step is the landscaping of a portion of all unimproved school grounds. An attractive environment is and will be a continuous sermon to our youth and a thing of beauty to be appreciated by the community. people. Clayton Jenkins, Secretary, Provo Chamber of Commerce. -- r . r I i. nf ; i- - .J, "!! r ! iM J nr :n 2100 here. telephone Power & forwa- The one thing we lack, at the present time, is adequate housing facilities. With an shortage of desirable, modern, living quarters already here and with the demand certain to become greater when the Deer Creek Project gets started and the University students return, this shortage will be greatly inof creased. The Chamber Commerce, the University and Provo business men should see that this problem is promptly met and solved. te We again quote from the booklet of the Chamber of Commerce: "In Utah County, not far from Provo, are situated vast iron fields capable of furnishing millions of tons of ore for the manufacture of iron, so free in its nature that it is used as a flux in the smelter of Salt Lake Valley. This will yet find la bor for thousands of people and bring in return millions of 1888 Trovo Offers.... Educational Advantages Brigham Young University offering A fine 1,500 courses, 34 departments. - Senior High School with two Junior High Schools and ,four elementary schools. Opportunity for Employment Located near rovo are three large industrial plants, Columbia Steel Co., Republic Creosoting Co., Pacific .States Cast Iron Pipe Co., also Union Pacific Rail way Shops, and numerous smaller industrial plants. In the vast agricultural section north of Provo are found seasonal employment for every man, woman and cllld who is willing to work. Recreational Activities Fishing on Provo River, Golf course, Sw'imming pool, exceptional good library, three fine picture show houses. Advantages of a Modern City for the home builder, with none of the disadvantages of the larger cities. to 7- - 3 I Light f, ...pn! i:ii 1 connec- time employes. City payrolls amount to nearly two and half million dollars. Three banks with total, assets of $2,996,663.17. Served by two 2048 m i; 1 s. railroads. telephone connec- tions. Public utilities employ 100 with payroll of Provo High School Coal and Coke Abundant water supply Electric power and gas High grade white labor Railroad and truck transportation Unusual educational facilities and ideal living conditions. connec- trans-continent- al L-- T ' T $ 1 t B. Y. U. the industrial plants that are operating in Provo, it has always encouraged industry and has worked constantly to bring in new manufacturing plants and to develope and aid those established already These raw materials and other necessities include: . 3200city water .V-'- More now, than ever before, Provo and vicinity is equipped and able to supply the basic necessities to make thi the great industrial center it is destined to become. d rd-looking tions. HI ! steam-operate- $8,129,961.00 2333 gas connections. 10pa miles paved streets. 62 miles paved sidewalks. 213 stores with 471 full ! ! new Assessed valuation f ! The Chamber of Commerce was keenly aware, even at that early date, of the industrial possibilities of Provo and vicinity. The men who made up its membership had already helped to vitw i IUVU Wol- len Mills Company in 1873 and the Provo Foundry & Machine Minor Company in 1886. manufacturing plants established in these early days include lumber mills, flour mills, etc. Tht'' Facts About Provo q 4 sion. electric plant being constructed at Olmstead by the Utah Power & Light Company has received the Chambers enthusiastic support as an important addition to the industrial group of this region. It has furnished employment to a large number of men during construction and'will hire between forty and fifty men permanently, when the plant starts operation. Fifty years ago, the men of Provo were visualizing this city as a great industrial center. It is interesting to note that some of their forecasts have come true while others have not yet been realized. While the Chamber of Commerce, as an erganization, has not been responsible for all 3761 Education Building H T dollars annually to the territory and to this city and county more particularly, when the day arrives that Utah iron receives the attention which its magnitude merits. There are opportunities fot many other types of industries in the county. These will be encouraged until, we are using all possible means of .expan- t; graphic Magazine, that he photographed it and printed the picture in natural colors in the May (Utah) issue. This magazine has a circulation of eleven hundred thousand and each copy is read by many people so literally millions will see the picture and read about Provo in this publication. - tions. i nt So impressed with the loveliness of this Park, was the staff photographer of the National Geo- SchnnU and is a member of the Judd Study Club, an honor accorded to few high in Utah. 6 organized with Wilson H. Dusenberry as president. Other officers were James Dunn, A. A. first ; Noon, second George Sutherland, secretary and Eld. L. Jones, treasurer. The directors were S. S. Jones, Reed Smoot, W. C. A. Smoot, Jr., F. H. Simmons, Richard Brereton, W. R. H. Paxman and Joseph A. Harris. er beds are admired and enjoyed every day by hundreds of citizens and visitors. Memorial Park on East Center Street, once a swamp and dumping ground, is a perfect example of how an offensive eye sore may be made into a thing of rare beauty. Provo - Center of Education Having clear vision, President Brigham Young no doubt saw a great future in store for the Church University when he founded it in 1875. But he perhaps did not foresee that the institution would leap in enrollment from a mere handful of students in 1876 to 2430 in 1936. With summer and extension students, B. Y. U. is instructing 4000 persons this year. Being larger than 85 per cent of the nations universities and colleges, the Y is able to provide a w'ide range of courses and other advantages. The University includes five colleges, those of applied science, arts and sciences, commerce, education, and fine arts. The 34 departments range from agronomy and art to sociology and zoology. A faculty of 125 highly trained, capable men and women teach 1500 courses. A growing graduate school serves those desiring higher degrees than the baccalaureate. Special interest attaches'to the campus, one of the lovliest in the west. It is in four divisions. One is in the heart of Provo. Another is on University hill. The latter one includes, besides several buildings, the stadium and many acres of orchard and farm land used for experimentation. The largest varietal orchard in the intermountain region is here. A third division is the biological on Utah lake. The fourth is the Ason Mt. pen Grove summer school campus high Timpanogos. The Provo City Schools enjoyed a most sucw'ith a total encessful year during 1935-3rollment of 3825 ; a teaching staff of 108 teachers; and one full time primary supervisor. There are five elementary schools, tw'o beautiful new junior high schools, and one belongs to the high school. The high school of Accredited Association North Western Some of these industries (besides those already mentioned) which have contributed so much to the growth and prosperity of uur community are: The Startup Candy Company; The Provo Brick & Tile Columbia The' Company ; Steel Company; The Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company; The Union Pacific and Utah Railway Railroad Shops; and numerous smaller ones. Few people are aware that the activities of the Provo Chamber of Commerce date back almost fifty years. r v c i: e |