Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-13 | Page 16 | Provo News Notes

Provo News Notes 1 ; ; rj Special to The Tribune. PBOVO. Nov. 12. In addition to the regular business- at the mcellng of tho state board of Insanity, held Thursday, the board made an order that, owing to the prevalence of smallpox in the county and state, visiting will not be permitted at the hospital until conditions change for the better. The report of tlio secretary shows the following balances: Balance on' baud October I. $2870.77; warrants paid during the month. 5I27P..S9; paid on improvements and repairs, 5102.05; balance on hand November No-vember 1. 525G1.81. The following bills were allowed and ordered paid: Current expenses. S1S70; salaries. 521Ga.35; for painting roof, $110; total. $4-I7a.3S. Tho board inspected the new greenhouse, green-house, or propagating plant, and tho cold storage plant, which have just been put Into commission. The bourd also ordered repairs and complete renovation of the hennery, and instructed the management to purchase a. number of high-grade chickens. The superintendent's report of the movement of patients Is as follows: Number Num-ber In the institution October 1. 1S2 men, 1SS women; admitted during the month. 9 men and 5 women; number under care and treatment during the month, HU men, 1DH women; died during tho month. 1 woman; discharged, .'! men and 2 women; number in attendance November 1. 1901), 1SS inert and 190 woman, a total of 378. At the meeting of the school board on Wednesday tho contract for the now school building on First South aricl Fourth West streets was let to Halliday & Miller, and ground was broken for the foundation today. A number of the Lcbi school teachers visited the Provo city schools on Monday. City Physician IT. G. Hughes lectured boforo the teachers of the city schools on Monday on the symploma of contagious diseases. Sam Reisko has been appointed .engineer .engi-neer at the Parker school, to take the place of 13. G. Wells, who resigned to accept ac-cept a position at the new federal building. build-ing. G. W. Straw has commenced suit Jn the district court here against the Western Development company to collect S171C.lt. which he alleges is duo for commissions on the sale of mining stocks and for money advanced to tho company. DennlB Palfreyman has begun suit tn tho district court ngaiust the Western Development company to recover 195, widen plaintiff alleges ho paid to the company com-pany on the purchase of J000 shares of Victoria mining slock and which was not delivered.