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Show PR0V0 SELLS LANB. The B. Y. TJ. Gets It on Condition of Building Lonn Socioty Organized Or-ganized Briefs. Provo, Feb. p.-At the meeting of tho City Council last evening tho city agreed to sell to tho B. Y. 17. its lands situated on Temple Mill for $125. provided the university uni-versity erects buildings on tho land; In cose Uic land Is used tor campus purposes only it reverts back to the city at the 8iM,?r!S.e n? 0,d The city fathers decided that thu ground v.as too valuable to be used for athletic purposes onlv, but wore will ner the university should have It tjulldlng purposes. Tho matter was called up by a lengthy petition signed by the citizens asking the city to acll it to the school. President Snow was added to thc Committee Com-mittee on FJre Department for the pur-nose pur-nose of Inspecting the public buildings. A resolution was passed allowing the superintendent of waterworks to appoint a deputy at u salary of $50 per monUi. BUILDING SOCIETY. T,i? ?.r.clf:a of '"corporation of the Pro-),? Pro-),? PUMJ"K and Loan society have been filed with the County Clerk. The new corporation cor-poration starts out with llfty-four stockholders stock-holders nnd tho actual amount of cash that has boon paid in is $2570. or 10 per cent of tho subscribed capital stock. Thc I-JJVL,01 .lho caPltal slock Is plnced at JvOO.000 with stock at the par value of flOO The object of the society shall bo to aid Its members to obtain, retain and Improve Im-prove homes and also to arford a safe investment in-vestment for its shareholders. Funds for this purpose shall lw created bv monthly subscriptions of shareholders. Shareholders Sharehold-ers may withdraw from tho society at any time upon written notice to the secretary. No ofTIcer receives any salary except the secretar and tho maximum compensation compensa-tion for this office Is fixed at 00. The officers of-ficers for the first year aro as follows: President. T. N. Taylor; vice-president, E. D. Partridge; directory. L. O. Taft. J. E. Booth. Jesse Knight. W, K. Spaitord, C. II. Miller, J. B. Kceler, F. V. Tavlor; secretary, II. F. Thomas, assistant secretary, secre-tary, J. M Jensen; auditors. YV. E. Bas-sett. Bas-sett. ttalph Poulton and L. L. Nelson. BRIEFS. Washburn Chlpman was over from American Fork today on business. Deputy Sheriff Burchl was transacting official business at Spanish Fork today, and Deputy Sheriff Barnett was at TuckcrJlooklng up criminal business. J. J. Meyers of Salt Lake was doing business in Provo yesterday. A decree of foreclosure of mortgage on land situated at Santnquln in favor of A. Viele and against George H Dubolso et al., was today handed down bv Judgo Booth. A number of prominent young Republicans Repub-licans have Issued a call for a meeting to be held at thc courthouse on tho evening of Lincoln's birthday for tho purpose of organizing a Young Men's Republican club. The proposition of making a black bass hatchery of Powell's slough by Utah county seems to bo doomed to defeat, as several of the property-owners adjoining the slough opposo the plan of putting in a dam. The officers arc vigorously enforcing the city ordinance prohibiting minora going go-ing Into saloons. Several arrests of the youthful violators have been mado and convictions secured. Provo City at this time Is in a very prosperous condition, there Is not one vacant va-cant building to be found. A now drug store and a meat shop will be opened up this month. Vacant dwellings aro not to be found, and several new residences and toiTaccs are planned for the spring. Judgo K. X. Jordcn of Sprlngvlllo was dclng business in Provo today. Licenses to wed havo been Issued to Ashel Thornc. aged 21. of Sprliigvllle, and Nettle Sanford. aged 20. of Springvllle; also to John Penrod. aged 2-1. and Minnie Van Wagener, aged 23. both of Provo. Elvira Jenkins was todaygranted a decree de-cree of divorqe from R. w. Jenkins by default, on the grounds of desertion. David G. Colder of Salt Lake Is In Provo looking after his business Interests in this city. Daughters have been born to the families famil-ies of J. F. Rawllngs. Jr., and J. J. Mad-Ken. Mad-Ken. Myron C. Brewer has commenced an action against Cyntha E. Brewer for a divorce. Tho grounds alleged Is desertion. deser-tion. The couplo were married at Sandy In tho year 1S7S. |