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Show Shi Industrial Institute Is Now Pro-1 posed for Sightless of the State." JUDGE MINERS' HOME OFFERED BY OWNERS Governor Cutler Calls Convention Conven-tion for January 15 to Consider Con-sider Matter. Utah is to have an Industrial Institute Insti-tute for the Blind, similar to the handsome hand-some California Bliud institute, if the of forts of a few public-spirited citizens, chief among whom is Mrs. Major Rowan of Fort Douglas, count for anything. Tho proposed institute will bo located in Salt Lako'City. i The first definite step in securing this institute was accomplished Friday afternoon. Three of these public-spirited citizens, Mrs. Rowan and Mr. and Mrs. J, J. Snider, waited upon Governor John C. Cutler and Govoruor-elect William Wil-liam Spry in Governor Cutler's office and prevailed upon the governor to call a convention of those interested in the adult blind for Salt Lake City upon tho evening or .January Jo. The convention con-vention will be held in 'tho Eagles hall, Second South and West Temple streets. Tho governor will issue tho call for the convention at onco. Invitations will be issued to all tho stato officers, menir bers of the legislature and city and county officers throughout the state. As tho legislature will be in session aud man3' of the hundreds of delegates to the good roads convention the preceding preced-ing day will still bo in the cuy. au immense attendance is expected. Eagles Proffer Hall. Tho Eagles have surrendered their hall to tho convention for tho night and will net as a reception committee to the governor, the members of the legislature legis-lature and the remainder of the delegates dele-gates in the exhibition to be given by Mrs. Rowan's blind class of almost 200 members, taught at the public library. This exhibition is intended to illustrate the degree of excellence to whioh the blind may attain in reading, writiug and other branches of education under efficient training. The primary purposo of the convention conven-tion is to create sufficient interest to form a j)oworful lobbj' to march upon the coming legislature, and secure from that body an appropriation for the establishment es-tablishment of a state blind institute. It is understood that the Judge interests inter-ests have volunteered the uso of tho miners' home, and the only expense tho state would bo put to would be the fitting fit-ting up and maintaining of the institute. many jjiuuiiua in view. It is estimated that tho institute would recoivo several hundred inmates at tho start, and could soon be put on a paying basis, if it did not actually bring the state a reveuue. This, however, how-ever, is not tho aim back of the attempt at founding the institute. The intent is not only to give tho unfoniuatc sightless sight-less a homo and an education, but to afford them a livelihood. The plau is' to give the workmen a certain percentage per-centage of the proceeds of their handiwork. handi-work. . For the bMnd living in Salt Lake City who desire to remain iu their own homes while employed at the institute, there would be no expense. For inmates from over tho state, compelled to live at the institute, dormitories would have lo be provided, and these would receive a percentage of the proceeds of tho sale of thejr handiwork, less a nominal sum for maintaining them at the institute. in-stitute. As tho Ogden school for the deaf, dumb and blind draws heavily on the neighboring states it is anticipated that the prpposcd state industrial institute here wtu!d do likewiso, onry in greater numbers. .Neighboring states now sending their blind to Ogden would be asked to make appropriations to send their sightless hero then |