Show PEOYOS POPULATION I i Being Increased at a Very Rapid Rate The New Bathing Besort Ihe Excnrslon Republicans Battled Tho Boat Club Oatiiie Ike Building Boom And still they come 1 Thoso men from Kansas and Colorado Only a few days ago a train of covered wagons camped on the river and are now negotiating for a little farm Tho wonderful wealth lying around Provo has so impressed them that they have decided that a home hero would be a Paradise They are tho men we need i hornybanded sons of toil who build up I the commonwealth and insure a substantial growth Wo are gad to welcome them to our city We had a call today from W L Burton a business man from Rico Colorado who is looking up location n his judgment Provo would make the best distributing point that could be selected in doing a wholesale business through tho centre and southern part of Utah The gentleman will return to Rico and dispose of his property prop-erty in that camp after which ho will return re-turn to our city for permanent business Dan Loftus formerly of tho Cullen hotel i of Salt Lake but now of the steam laundry laun-dry called to pay his compliments to the I opera house band concert given at the tabernacle lawn on Thursday evening When first invited to attend ho was indifferent indif-ferent but after the first piece applauded as vigorously as any one present Ho was very much surprised at the artistic manner in which the band rendered their overtures and selections SfA number of gentlemen stockholders in the new bathing resort met last night to complete negotiations for land at tho meandering line of the lake on which the resort will be located Two propositions were made to the Knudson brothers owners own-ers of the land one of which was to put in 520000 worth of land next the lake as stock and the other to allow the company to plat and sell their entire land adjoining The land owners will report their decision at the next meeting Anlarge company of excursionists left Provo for Garfield today The Third ward was almost depopulated their choir turning out in full force and the chiefs of the ward donning their summer attiro A special train was run by the Rio Granae Western at 1 oclock which was well loaded up with the pleasure seeker James T Jakeman formerly of tho Ephraim Keguter has a position that gives him an opportunity to rise He goes on duty at the Dispatch office at 330 The Republicans attempted to rally their battered and broken forces last night to appoint ap-point delegates to a county convention Inmost In-most of the ward assemblies there were barely enough present to appoint delegates and in the Second ward a complete fiasco was the result The next attraction at the opera house will be John S Lindsays Dramatic company com-pany They are reported to bo in shape to jive us a dramatic treat and provided the Foot lights are not a failure and everything is in Rood shape no doubt it will George Easton of George Easton Co nsuranto of San Francisco came to town this morning and established an agency for his company representing ten large eastern insurance firms Ho will go to Salt Lake this afternoon The county board of examination mot last night and will continue in session today to-day There were nearly fifty teachers present to be examined in various branches of study Those who attended the boat club rmtincr at American ForK yesterday report having had a very enjoyable time tho weather being be-ing in a serene mood and the day cool and pleasant The boating was looked upon with interest and great delight by the people peo-ple in our little sister on the north There was no little mirth over the ducking the Tribune man received by falling overboard the steamer Florence The building boom this fall threatens to eclipse that of last season There are about fifty buildings now on the tapis Samuel Liddiard employs a very large force of men and experiences some difficulty in getting enough hands to do his work His weekly pay roll aggregates about 3500 Other contractors are likewise kept busy Work on the Singleton building is progressing rapidly the foundation being now nearly completed Preparations are being made today for an excursion to Castella given by the tabernacle choir next Wednesday or Thursday Thurs-day About ono hundred and seventyfive students are now attending the B Y academy and the forces are just beginning to come in The attendance will undoubtedly undoubt-edly be larger than over before O Pnovo Aug 22 |