Show The people of ot American Fork were still talking about the celebration cele cele- bration of ot Eugene A A. Henroid which was held in the Utah county city on Monday and of the wonderful and eventful life Ilfe that he had e experienced experienced in n his two ninety years and of ot the great changes that had occurred oc occurred occurred oc- oc since he first filSt bl began gan to teach And what chan changes have occurred since iho ho opened the doors of his school In the year ear 1857 Up to 10 that time the Improvement had been slow Inventions had been few modern conveniences s were remarkably remarkably remark remark- ably few True the sewing machine had been Invented The Tho telegraph had come The Tho reaping machine had made Its appearance on some of the farms throughout the country a great big unwieldy piece of ot mechanism mechanism mechanism ism but nevertheless a saver labor Oxen did a great deal of or work worl on the farm Flails were used In many places to thresh out the grains But what we know as ne modern conveniences convent convent- conveniences were not here NEW DEVICES APPEAR I And It was not until long after the that real saving labor-saving mechin rY came Into use At that date to ha have Ve talked about abou t traveling the i In a Z Zeppelin to hav have havo o men men- meni i that it was near the time when tho human voice olce could be transmitted over a wire and had lone one the to speak of sendIng sendIng send send- ing ones ons voice over o sea without these the use se x of f wires he would Immediately have been locked 1 up UI as a luna lunatic I In connection v with ith ith the celebration I of Professor Henroid mention has hOs been made of ot troubles In the schools I In Salt Lake In tho the Jon long ago ago how a case came caine to be appealed to the j courts It was in 1885 and a school I election had been hel held 1 at which a number o of polygamists had voted I and in view of this Q action was in instituted Instituted In- In in an endeavor to prevent in-I in the levying le of ot a tax to produce funds to erect a schoolhouse In the Seventh district of Salt Lake The main question as it was sas detailed detailed de- de I de-I tailed at that time Involved the legality of the tax and the alleged al al- al pro Mormon character of ot the schools The case was taken I ai-I to I the territorial supreme court of Which Justice s CharlA I S R 7 I I I u j I tho the chief Justice ORATORY ORATORY FLOWS For more than a week the question ques que- ques- ques tion of against Gen- Gen was as the theme not only In the court but outside Old sermons sermons ser ser- ser ser- mons were resurrected witnesses heard doctrinal s sermons revamped ed There was oratOry ry in in pl plenty nty and then some The contest in the court was as a bitter one and at the conclusIon con con- elusion the court held that it it i id ad been substantially proven that the I authorities of the Mormon church claimed the rI right ht to counsel their followers In temporal as well weB as In I spiritual affairs and ami that as a general rule though not in alt all cases the Latt Latter day day r-day Saints who were in the majority in the territory had bad been employed edt ed t teach In the tho public pub pub- lic lie schools but it was not shown that It was s a common practice to give e sectarian instruction in the schools The curt court urt further held that the weight f the evidence was against the proposition th that t sectarian doctrine doc doe trine had been or would be taught in th ther Seventh district school and that as s the proposed tax was in pursuance nce of a valid law lawS lawit it dt was collectible I Another school war broke out in I 1900 when the legislature enacted a law providing for a uniform s system stern s 's tern tem of ot free schools throughout Utah But that Is another story |