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Show FROM PROVO. Pitovo, July 28. Special correspondence. corre-spondence. Tlie Street Car company could have used ten cars instead of one to good advantage in transporting the crowds of people to the lake who wore desirous of enjoying the pleasures of the waters. People thronged the sidewalks side-walks and streets with the faint hope of being the lucky ones who would next get aboard for the resort. A numbcrof festive parties anticipating a glorious afternoon outing went homo with sombre countenances because of a failure fail-ure to get passage to the scenes of pleasure. A very large crowd attended tho ball at the lake which continued until 2 a. m. The captains of the Provo base ball team and Spanish Fork Silver (Ireys deposited $25 as a forfeit to play a game at .Spanish Fork, August ilth, for $100 a side. Thisgamo will be an interesting one as both teams claim they have not been defeated south of Salt Lake City. There has been an advance in real estate during the past week though not many transfers have been made but men who make merchandise of this article ar-ticle are sanguine of a good run of business busi-ness and thut very shortly. Prof. Youngdale, one of Salt Lake's popular violinists, is iu Provo and is so favorably impressed with the outlook here that he thinks seriously of locating locat-ing with us. This gentleman would bo of good service in tho opera house orchestra. or-chestra. The telephone business lias increased so rapidly during tho past few weeks that business men are suggesting that an extra line bo constructed between Salt Luko aud Provo. Four new telephones tele-phones were put in Provo during the last week, and connection was also made with Mora. Some time ago a petition was circulated circu-lated with the object of having a Western West-ern Union Telegraph otlice centrally located, and was signed by nearly all tho business men of tho town. A fran-chise fran-chise was granted by the city council but nothing more has been done in the matter. It would he convenient for the people and, profitable no doubt to the Western Union company should their office be put in. |