Show l Agricultural College I Prof Merrill of tho veterinary depart I I ment was requested by tho county au i thorltlcs on Wcdneaday to make an Inv In-v tlgatlon of a contagious disease among C horses at Hyde Park Ho found a num i I her of horses with the acute form of gLut dcra and Instructed tho county officers Ito I-to havo them killed The veterinary do I partmcnt Is proving to be of much sor I vice lo stockmen as is shown by tho frequent I fre-quent demands for Prof Merrills services j ser-vices I Tho students and teachers a were pleased to welcome C W Nelson a student of i I I former days to tho Institution on a visit i 1 Wednesday S S e I Prof Close of tho department of horticulture horti-culture has Just returned from an ox tended visit among fruitgrowers of tho State and wa successful In effecting ar I i run tmtnts for conducting experiment V with various fruits Tho professor vlflteil t Brigham In llio interest or peach thinning thin-ning Ogden for ringing grape vines to make thc fruit larger and earlier to mature ma-ture and Provo for spraying applo tree to prevent tho ravages of tho codling moth S I S mothls Miss Moench has Just finished 0 platform plat-form adaptation ot Francois Coppus Foster Sister which will bo used by tho lady In next years repertoire In n BO tics of readings to bo given in Sal Lake Ogden and Logan 1 Mr Batt long connected with tho col loco and station has purchased tho beautiful beau-tiful cottage north of tho Institution property and has moved his family therein there-In order to be close to his labors Devotional exercises are now held In tho I small chapel the attendance having fallen oft to a considerable degree Mr Theodore Marllncau paid the Instl > I tutlon a visit this wed Mr M Is ono of tho old students whole friends equal In number his acquaintances For tho past I to years he has been engaged teaching school and surveying In Old Mexico and Is now on his way to the Southern States Ito Ito i I-to perform a mission Rev Mr Smith of Salt Lako gave tho student a very Interesting talk In chapel last Wednesday on his experiences In I China and Japan Friends of Mrs Prof Jensen will be pleased to learn of the convalescence of that lady from her a recent sickness A letter from Arthur Davis to President < Tanner was read In chapel Friday morning morn-ing and was a source of great Interest and satisfaction to tho students Mr Da stsacton vis attended tlio college two years ago and has slnco been successful In gaining admittance to tile classes of the military academy at West Point Ho writes from Washington and enumerates many relatives rela-tives of great men with whom ho must compete Irlat honors In that Institution Mr Davlss homo hi the West is Salmon City Ida President Tanner went to Pleasant Grove on Institute work Friday a u V Prof MacEwan has been asked to Judgo tho literary merits of tho orations to be delivered at the contest between the State universities of North and South Dakota V 5 5 Profs Foster Dryden and Lin field have had a short turn of sickness each during tlio week |