Show SPANISH FORK More Schoolroom Needed UnlMlng and Improvements Im-provements Sale of an Arab Stallion There is considerable sickness of a mild nature among children The late snow storms have driven scores of cattle from the neighboring ranges into town and the vigilant policeman has retaliated re-taliated by driving them Into the estray pen where for a small fee the owner may regain possession of them The same play will be enacted several times during the winter According to the city ordinance it Is not lawful for animals to run at large within the city limits at any time The enforcement enforce-ment of the ordinance however has been so Irregular as to receive tho euphonious > title of The Marshals Bovine Intermit tent Paroxysmal Ordinance I As soon as tho weather cleats work wile I > wil-e renewed on Main street Already it presents a decided improvement and when completed will be a parallel feature of Improvement with the costly houses adorning its sides The rock foundation of the bank is near completion while a little south of it Moore Banks are excavating a cellar for the purpose of erecting aneattractive tin shop over it SCHOOL SUBJECTS On Saturday the 20th inst an educational educa-tional convention will be held hero A first class programme will be executed by some of the best talent in the territory Superintendent of the district schools oC this county E A Wilson i egq paid an 1ai official i t visit hero last week Ho made avery a-very thorough inspection of the condition of the schoolhouses their surroundings and adaptability the methods of teaching class discipline school management pupils progress etc He also attended the faculty weekly meeting called a trustee meeting and during his entire stay presented that characteristic love for education that has always imbued him He expressed himsel decidedly satisfied with the general school standing An important question confronts the public today reardln our schools Rrnrtr schoolhouse Is now filled besides thre rented rooms and the cry is still Moro room wanted There are nearly a thousand thou-sand children of school age In the district with accommodations for not more than Half the number With the school popula thou constantly increasing it becomes the vital question of the day To meet these increasing demands the school board of trustees has issued a call for a meeting to be held Saturday next at the upper school house on Main street in order to present to the public the condition of the district and to devise means for the immediate increase of school room cpac ity Whether it be better to levy a largo tax or to bond the district will be among the questions to be decided Whichever is determined It Is probable if not certain that the people will elect some convenient spot of ample area and thereon build a central school house which will at once be an adornment to our growing grow-ing city be of sufficient sizo for years to come for the higher departments and keep our educational standing within tho rang of educational advancement Suoh a house is estimated to cost about 20000 If your correspondent mistakes not the temper of the people of Spanish Fork suitable I suit-able means will at that meeting bo devise to meet the occasion PERSONAL kin GEKEI1AI This being the largest ecclesiastical ward in tho territory and the immense business attending it too burdensome for any one man it has been deemed advisable to create two or more wards out of the present one The movement will doubt less moet the approval of all concerned relieve the bishop of much hard labor and call into the field of activity many whose ability and Inclinations will add strength to tho cause of religion Mr George Jex clerk of the cooperative coopera-tive clothing department is the happy ro ciplent of a bouncing baby Miss Annie Rove after a critical siege of sickness is now recovering Hope her musical talent will again cheer the many Much commotion exists here because ot an alleged case of crookedness in a certain business firm Investigation has failed to find any foundation upon which to build a criminal case except it be one for defamation defama-tion of character and that too appears rather doubtful As the holidays are approaching the stores are busily stocking and a marked improvement in tho increase of sales Is noticeable Rasmus Nielson esq the famous importer im-porter of thoroughbreds made a sale of Barodet a stallion of 2000 pounds to the Lake Shore company the other day This excellent horse is a direct descendant or tho famous Arab stallion GaUlpoll that stood at the government stable of Pin about the year 1820 J A R SPANISH FORK Dec 7 16Jl |