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Show PROVO. PROVO, Utah, Dec. 14. The matter - of allowing slot machines in saloons and drug stores has been left in the hands of the Marshal by the City Committee on Police Po-lice and City Prison. The committee was of the opinion that the playing of the machines 13 not gambling, as each investment invest-ment brought some return In merchandise. merchan-dise. a e John Smith et al. filed upon the following follow-ing mining claims: The Highway mining claims, Nos. 1 to 3, in the Provo mining district C. L. Lewis has commenced suit against Howard Rowe, Cora V. Rowe, August Herman and Joseph Rembach, to recover the sum of 13000 on five promissory notea T. D. P.'es of the State Land board Is in Provo today. e e People who have been complaining of the disagreeable odor of the beet pulp hauled through the city will be giad to know that an ordinance has been passed by the City Council prohibiting It A meeting was held last evening by the people living near the Tlmpanoos school to celebrate the completion of the new addition. Superintendent Rawllngs, Principal Prin-cipal Powelson and members of the Board of Education made appropriate speeches. e The Committee on Judiciary will report next Monday evening on the proposed new library. e e Frank Smith was fined 15 and Frank Singleton 12.50, by Justice Noon, for cruelty cru-elty to animals. The young men, who are from Sprlngvllle, left their teams standing stand-ing In the cold for some hours without any covering. Robert N. W. Wilson, passenger agent and George A. Bible, traveling passenger agent of the Rock Island railroad, are in Provo today. e a The County Commissioners were in session ses-sion today and took up the matter of enlarging en-larging and improving tho county JalL |