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Show i grandly picturesque, overlooking the entirti vnllejr, with a perfect bird'.-eye glance at Bait Lake City- Jt is now accessible ac-cessible by foot or saddle horse OTr an old trail. MINING. There i some interest being taken in prospecting on tbe tnouotaia titles in this vicinity, although no grtat development devel-opment has been aecouipiibhed. The Clara cliiini. facing west and located between Look and I'rovo canyons bits in incline in of twenty-live feet, sain-: sain-: pies of the ore of winch gave returns ol I $ Ids per ton silver, 1 ounce gold, with ! lead to the extent of 4 per cent. This j property is owued by Nels Omanson and son, August Onianson, who located it last year. NOTES "FROM WIT Th Busy Town Clothed in Beauty and -' Loveliness, with Indications of Thrift and Industry on Every Bids. ! 05 THE SHORES QT UTAE LAKE- $5,000 to be Spont this Summer in Improvements at the B ach Inter-, Inter-, est in Mining Other Items. 1 (Special Correspondence to the Times, , 1'itovo City, May 20. I'rovo, now, like all the towns of the Utah valley, is slothed in a garb of beauty and loveli- "f less and on every side are indications of thrift and industry. Merchants and I business men are jubilant over the prospects for a good summer trade. No empty bouses or vacant store rooms ire to be seen anywhere. , . One of the most talked of improve- 1 ments is on the lake shore. The motor I street car company has extended its . I line of railway to there, a distance of four miles charging twenty-five cents ! fare for the round trip. The improve- ments on the beach consist of a large j number of neat bath houses. The -( plunge is made at a depth of four feet y of water and then gradually increases ifA outward to twenty and thirty feet. J Then there is the great dancing pavil- , iiou and revolving swings, restaurants, j etc. The property is owned by the I I'rovo Lake resort company with Ike ' , Fordoaski, formerly of Salt Lake City I as superintendent, l'lie cost of the t improvement' thus far ba been $2500 and the superintendent ay$"000 more will be expended this summer. The Utah Lake Navigation company has on the lake two very tine boats, the larger one, the Florence, having a seat-J seat-J tug for ninety persons, its eng.oe it of J is home power. A trip across the lake end return is delightful. The manager of this company goes to Salt Lake City in few days to meet the members of I the company from Denver, and with 1 them will perfect arrangements with I the Kij Grande Western to run daily t excursion trains from there to liattle Creek, where the excursionists will i ; meet the Florence and the Helen for a pleasure trip across the lake. The fare j tor tbe full round trip will be $!.00, On June ii there will be a grand masonic picnio there, at which will be in at-f at-f tendance brethren from Salt Lake City ami ail the towns of the valley. The j member here intend to make the day ? one of much pleasure. Another place of Interest is the Sun Foundry and Machine shops, where are produced iron aud brass casting!, fencing, fenc-ing, plate work, water, steam and gas plumbing. Much of the production ' gnes to S.ilt Lake City. This company placed in position the neat littlo coal I oil engine for the lake boat Florence, 3 although tho engine was manufactured at Rochester. N'. Y. I Lant Saturday evening at tha Stake I tabernacle was'giveu the May festival. Jt was a feast ol song and the opening 1 piece waft the "Star Spangled Manner, " I most beautifully rendered by a chorus I of .'!"u voices and combined reed and f iring bands. The audience through- out tho evening was very enthusiastic aud many recalls were made. Sunday morning 4he semi-annual conference of the Y. M. M. A. was ' held at the Stake tabernacle. There was a good attendance. On the stand were representatives of the different associations of the Stake. Many able addresses wera made. I The commencement exercises of the Brigharn Young academy began last evening wheu a meeting of the graduates gradu-ates was held. Tomorrow there will be normal exercises and on Friday commencement com-mencement aud acaemio exercises. SOME COUINO EVENTS. The next great musical treat which will be tendered tbe I'rovoites will be that of the June festival on June 5th ud Cth. when there will be a choru. of i 400 voices. All railroads have granted 5 Lalf fare rates. t On May 20th, will appear John L. Smlivan and Duncan Harrison, aud on the L'5th Lillian Lewis. On May 27th, at the opera house tbe Logan Opera company will appear in ' an operatic production; "The Black Manties." j MAPLE FLATS, There is cue spot several thoustnd faet above this city which one day wilt be a charming resort. It is on Bald mountain Hat, contains 75 acres and is known ti Maple Fats because of the preat number of maple trees growing upon it. The ground has been located by SLf-ve Moore, Henry K. llawlings, John 11. Met une and Hoselpha Moore, f A wagon rnad is to be built up the mountain side and in a short time a f hotel, dancing pavilion and other build- ings erected. Tbe view from the place |