Deseret Evening News | 1905-12-16 | Page 100 | Provo, State's Third City, and Utah, Its Second County

j 1 L jI 1 b f r lP P Provo State ate s 5 Third City and Utah Utan Its Second J m ItOYO the Ule county seat at of ot Utah P county count la Is situated 47 miles south of ot Salt Lake City In the Utah valley It Is tho thIrd city In a t the with Inhabitants ami Is b the th center center of at population of ot state Utah county count of ot which Prove la Is th e chief city has hIlS ho second ond largest rest lotion Inti on of ot any county coun ty In the state and Is b rich In the natural blessings bles o ot fertile poll a n mild equable sub linns scenery streams and the lake the largest fresh water body tody In the state The county Is one of ot the best bM watered sections In the state which with ItH climate and roll Foil makes It an Ideal spot for tor the farmer and ant fruit grower Joy Jo Over Store Tho supply of oC water for tor Irrigation will be greatly grent increased with the com of at the Strawberry Irrigation pro proJect proJect now nol being undertaken by the tho gov 0 eminent reclamation service s This will bring water from Strawberry valley Into Utah valley through Spanish Fork river to Irrigate acres alres of or tho lin lines es cst t fruit and farming land In the world now no unproductive or ur partially so 80 for tor lack of at water and 1 will Increase the water of ot Utah lake lalle which la Is a reser reservoir reservoIr voir for tor Salt Lake county farmers of ur Hull SoU Yield The productiveness of ot the soil and the profits to tho farmer and fruit grower can enn best be told by giving u a few UK urea ures of ot yield and prices such ne 1111 so 0 to 10 JS tons of ot augur beets to 10 the acre lInc at III I III n II ton tOil milkIng making an acre produce l from J to potatoes to I llio nt lit 23 1 cents a II bushul hl UW HO wheat wheal DO to to to GO bushels te t o the aen at lit from 80 I cents cent a to 1 The returns irom fruit fru It trees are arl much greater rea an un aero acro In favorable seasons ean and tile the grower Of ot small fruits and the skill sl lIl ful tul vegetable Ones better even ceu than this Silil tile the Provo City has heen named 1111 ed The Tho Garden City of oC Utah lItah In recognition leJ of IC Its beautiful location Its It comfortable homes and their attractive surround ings each passing year establishes HH title to 10 the name more Tho stronger Involuntarily gives expression to words of ot praise and admiration and unsolicited compliments the on the town ton and sings sin praises after aCter his AH All a rusting place Illace for tor the Ibe sin health and seeKer It Is passed in an tho mountain region The Tb nearby canyons with their majestic scenery of ot mountains woods ls and streams Invite alike the sportsman the seeker rest the student of at nature Tho Tha valley VII II e streams and laIc lalio lire are favorite of or the tho angler teem leem ing as they do with trout bass end the tha Inko Is a II lourea of ot revenue for tho Industry of or catching and this th common fish mullet carp etc etl of or which there are aro large Ti TM 5 I of oC tho lake are aro the homo of or wild ducks ducko aUlI geese und one oneat of at tho favorite resorts In the state for Ctr hunters Its Many Advantages The climate together with the tho social wid atul educational advantages Impresses the health seeker most favorably There Th ro are very ery few rew cold collI days In winter and the Ule summer Is not Immoderately warm tho tha nights always being cool rind pleas pleasant ant It Is claimed that the evaporation tram from the lake luko tends lends to 10 modify mo tho lit and makes It peculiarly ben to consumptives For these rca rea Provo has haA been considered by h ex eC experts n most favorable alto for tor the o 0 cation of oC and a II project Is under way that will In all probability result In tho location of at a Il Inre sani f for Cor consumptives in this vicin iK ity It Is especially ns nil a place of or residence that Provo 1100 has haI preeminence people who have business in other parts of ot tho state ore moving here h re to tomake tomake make homes Tho splendid school fi tt und and the tho high standing of or the Institutions of oC learning hm hr appeals to tho man who la Is a for tor his family to live Provo has ha the Young university whoso who a fame Is known In all the elates and territories it II has row now tin attendance of ot over 1000 students la III growing In the th number r of ot attendants tiie standard of or education and In tho Iho strength of ot Its 1111 faculty as It hns e cl year nar for or tho 30 years urs of oC Its existence t nce The Proctor em established 21 1 yearn lar ngO by hy tho th New Went W t Educational E UM commission of or tilt the Congregation Congregational Congre al nl church has hils 3 students student and an 11 ex excellent educational standing Tho pub public lic schools are the equal or any In th the state ns liS IH III partially evidenced by hy the medals awarded their exhibits In state 1 1 national fairs for tor the pant t 10 years rears There are arc over Oer 1600 pups pupils enrolled nd a corps of ot 33 Instructors Its Hell lu is rIfe The religious life lite la It keeping pace with the Intellectual development In ad al to the seven places S of dr worship of ot the tho Mormon Church the follow following roll ow ing denominations have places of ot wor 01 here the Catholic l Con Ire Baptist nn In Seventh Day Adventist and the Re ne Reorganized organized or church Tho fraternal orders order ore well rented by b lodges of or the following Jin Hn pons Odd Fellows nf ot Pythias Woodmen Maccabe Mining Town Tou roo f The city Is the headquarters of ot sev several e eral elal strong mining companies thu i Grand Central Victoria Heck Tunnel Consolidated Black Jack Jall and an 1 others many mallY which have not yet ct c literal the list of oC producers In all 1111 Its HII branches Is well represented with fine stores alor that would do credit to cities with four Cour times timeR tho population of at Provo fir hotels and a line IIno opera house and the tha city has hao no gambling houses or other 01 her of or civilization The Tho Utah Independent Telephone Co has made muda Its advent Into the tho city the past pasty year y nr Is assisting the Moun Mountain tain Bel company In tn giving the th opi avenues n for tor the exercise of ot their talk talkIng Ing proclivities Two TIo newspapers n are published and the city has hall Its quota of ot able ablo representatives r 11 11 of or tho Ions Hons of ot law medicine rn and other de departments of oC learning and art urt Tho Provo general hospital under the man management of ot a II stuff of ot competent phI physicians and surgeons equipped with all tho latent surgIcal find and medical ap tip appliances lances and conveniences furnishes u 11 much appreciated place of ot rest relt and res restoration for tor the side and disabled Improvements The city Is lighted with electricity has waterworks and paved sidewalks and thu coming year will park the two city elt squares to 10 tho enhancement of ot the tho beauty of ot the tha city and aud the comfort and pleasure of ot the citizens A free Iree public library has been Leen start started ed through the labors of ot tome lome of at the tiie public spirited ladles and gentlemen The city has hils n II special tax ax ns as authorized by statute for lor Its lis partial support and a library commission has been appointed by Mayor Maor A generous re ponso to t the commission appeal for t n I 1 1 i 1 1 t M I t r ri J JI I i I j 1 I i j i 1 t f 1 t f fy i y OJ 1 I t A h h hy y Y 1 h hy y y y y I I X X t X Y h hI hr r I 1 V 1 h hy y h hy y h X i Ki H 1 JESSE KNIGHTS NEW of ot the tho city owning the clec trio lighting plant was and It was decided that a n municipal electric lighting plant would be advantageous to the city A special bond election waa held 11 and an III Issue of at wa Wll waterworks and electric light bonds bonda was wa voted for tor Iho completion of ot thu waterworks extension and for or electric light These bonds bond bearing 44 per lI r cent c nt Interest have vo been sold to toN toN N W Harris Co of Chicago bring bringing ing 1910 premium An option has been heen secured by Ihn hA I city on The lighting plant to 10 cost If It tho city purchases under tho option the tho electric power will for Cor n time bo b obtained from the lo er company which Is now furnishing Tho Electric company compall with power powel for lor light lightIng Ing In But the city contemplates os soon as 1111 practicable to 10 build n II plant for tor generating electric power with which to supply tho th lighting system ha already secured n file and appropriated wa for tor power purpose eB When the work now In progress s Is 11 completed tho city will IlAva a 1 works system furnishing the purest and best water In III the Iho world und n supply for tor Inhabitants many years efforts have hn e been mil do to Induce the railway companies to build modern substantial depots or ora ora a union depot that would be n a credit alike to 10 the company and to the city efforts have so BO tar far been unavailing ing hut but It Is believed by a II largo lallo num number ber of at citizens that tho coming year will see ee a n largo la union depot erected by bythe h the Itlo 1110 Grando Western the San Pedro Los Loa Angelen and Salt Lako road roa Tha managements of oC the two roads have promised to build and citizens have bought hought ix t strip of ot ground rou six by hy four rod rOII on the south side of oC each of oC two blocks facing Sixth South street between Second West Fourth West streets street which be bo glen given to the railroad companies for depot grounds tho nt Intention of ot the railroad companies R b to build nt the toot foot of or Third West t street str et about SUO yards of ot the present Ir ent location of or the tho de depots depots pots at nt the toot foot of ot Academy avenue A lIo Provo has hall had a II prosperous year and A the th well known mining man heads tho list III nt a cost nt ot Tho Fifth ward assembly lI sem l hall at a cost of at hns hn been completed nm la now t one Ine of or the th moso convenient ward houses In the state slate The Sixth meeting lio hoo o to 10 cost 00 Is h na t completion and Is In partial use Of at business houses hoU cl there thero have not been heen many marl erected but the Hocky Mountain Hell lIeli company hns built hullt a n nI I fireproof cement structure which for tor solidity and convenience for tor forthe the for tor which It II was WIlS erected j has hn no superior In the state The cost coat The Provo Steam Laundry lifts built u unna fine brick structure on Cen Center Center ter which will be occupied II by tho laundry on the Hut of the tho year yearTh Th board of ot education hns built hullt an addition of tour rooms to the tho go 09 school Improvements In Parker which will enable the of oC the third story ator will probably be he next The fhe Increase In the school population makes more room nn r bf lule necessity nn 1 even with th the contemplated improvements and addi additional room In the tho the building of oC another liuo school building bull ln In ad arl addition to the lour four now In use cannot be much longer delayed resume business at lit the earliest CI ble period Mass The fhe largest woolen mills west of or the Missouri river riverA A candy factory employing 90 pea peo people Ille and shipping Its products of ot candy I specialties to 10 nil the coast cities and as asI I Tar east an ao Chicago A brick manufactory that makell tho greatest variety and tha tho finest quality of brick In the tho state Potteries Fine clay cia factory Cement drain and Hewer pipe factory Creameries Flour mills l A large blank book manufactory A large foundry and amI machine machillo shop A fruit cannery A sheet metal manufacturing estah establishment Soda Lumber manufacturing concerns Fruit treo tre nurseries and tha only apple nursery In the tho state stale Wins lime lima kilns A large lurie packing and cold colli storage plant Two first class cluss steam laundries Mineralized While within a comparative short distance of o the tha rich and ond established mining milling districts of ot 1111 tic Park Parl City American Fork Canyon Can on and I mining millIng In III tho Immediate vicinity of city lias not been boen brought to a paying I basis This Is not because b ause there are arc no oi 4 fir ft 1 f t f j 1 tL J P w J 1 lo E LOOKING ALONG ACADEMY AVENUE FROM CENTER STREET IN PROVO CITY other assistance has spread I through the tho city As a 11 result societies club schools and Individual are with one another In helping the library movement along Temporary quarters have hl vo been given by II tho city In III the ourt house Those lire are being fitted up ur urby by y the library commission by hy tho first of ut tho year 11 a n tree free reading room bo 1 opened and a nd the privilege of oC a 11 aree trIo ree circulating library extended to the Transmission Provo Is h the tho home of III the tho Power ower company capitalized for tor 2000 20 O This company WOR the first to electrical power for tor long Ion stances and stilt holds the record for long distance Ill transmission slon Its Un Held of ot In the state Is I tram from to toI I Eureka ureka currents nr transmitted on onH H circuit for n distance of or 30 miles The rhe In the city are arc a n model modal of ot otele ele and convenience and tho thoI I 1 11 ago of or Olmsted nt lit the com COlli works at lit the mouth of 01 Provo Is without i n doubt the model village of the world Tho ord village Is unel only for Cor th eason that tho collection of or buildings I hI H too tOll small to make the word city appropriate and the density of oC business connected with a city Is not there nut the elegant buildings containing and surrounded with nil modern Improve Improvements ments ment conveniences would be an ornament to any city Commercial Club Tito Provo Commercial club composed of oC over oer a I hundred representative elli hits worked energetically for Cor the Ihl advancement nf nr th tit city during past much nf nC Its present and pros prospective progress prO 1 Is attributable to the labors of fr th Ih tub club The Thc club hits hns for Cor securing the Nee tn of ot the experiment station of or the Agricultural college o on some of oC the do lIe nimble lands landA near the city and has hns nearly completed arrangements for se Re securing curing land for permanent county fair the registration for HIP Indian reservation land the club In connection with th Ih city authorities contributed largely towards making the IIII day pta of the ninny visitors to the city n II pleasant one oneA oneA A Modern Waterworks System Chr present waterworks com ted eted In 1593 Is 19 Inadequate to supply the demand of oC tho city und nt the tho mouth of ot the tho canyon th quality la III not always DolI Three yours ago tho city coun council counell ell cil decided that an Improvement munt t the be he made ma lo an secured by b appropriation purchase e R situated about six miles up the canyon canon from which the tho future supply will be obtained This water IB It not 1101 subject to contamination from various causes s as Ol Is the river water and rill II being originally pure Ind cold It will be Le delivered to 10 the water In tho city In that condition Work orl was ns on n II pipe lino the to the Intake of lit tho present pre ent system and has hns heen expanded on this project 1600 this year ear It became evident to the tha citizens that the completion nf or this work would bo he too long deferred d If only such an 11 amount of ot money ns ItS could be he rained from direct taxation for this purpose each ench year was waa applied last rummer meetings were held and the tho question que lIon of or bonding to obtain money to l tn the tho waterworks extension was considered At the same sallie time the ad ud minerals here for Cor the mountains just of at the city limits on the cast arc