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Show i PROVO UTAH) - DAILY HERALD; "WEDNESDAY,- FEBRUARY 28, : 1940 - PAGE SEVEN vo Growing Rapidly As Business And Industrial . Center Utah Valley Hospital Proves Its Value In Community Service PUBLIC LIBRARY MUCH ENLARGED t UTAH VALLEY HOSPITAL SERVES. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN' UTAH IlV I LA i TON' J F.N KIN S S rrrt.xry lrr,s ( t.xr..tr of h J. J in i a tr. P roc rr.ft.il ccu-i t n "to A cty cf Urport t:.jw:.M r..i Iniujstnxi It. --t l c;r.-i for --, t..a: Jr.i:te:y advanced - i v. y a j t.". ftrcji-crr.'.r! ftrcji-crr.'.r! s-jZtrz UUa. r. Ji wv.-rt.t cf these j-m ij Uj( LtA-h V- t j rvvtiv J -a t- r. ft cn i- ":-r IS. V,ZO. after cor. -. . : f part of tf.s chr:-.i.r a." J .,.-. r.-.-.r.-i:th funJ Ultr.g tack - r --;.:! hi j c-t approxi-nt'ly approxi-nt'ly S4 3C"0. as folio-: Jf i'. r and r.ur" h.-:-. - :3 erprr.er.t aril rjrr.h-c. . 1S3.GGO.CO; atte. $15,- . ' ; roii and grcur.d im-f im-f rr,v-r.tj, jri,0CO 0j; IUrr,tT-.t IUrr,tT-.t t ,- :. J2,OC3i3; architect fc ar.j prrvjuon, $1S,QOO; i :. -,;5:.2. T:-.- r.-w; .: tl Kjs cn it regular regu-lar r -;. al stiff 27 doctor from I r- a.-. J the fc-p.tal area. In a l-Vre ar Id ap-ecLali.it cui t.-j cK.rLSuJtUt' staff. wbot ' rt rvie: are available at aa tlme-s. The h-pital staff i.n-t! i.n-t! . . ts !- s the superir.tcnd-:.t. superir.tcnd-:.t. &j.sjif.t superintendent and tt, r.t physician, fur upr i. r .i. t o i berate ry techiilci-anjt, techiilci-anjt, itietitian. 1J registered nur-three nur-three nur attendants, and lis r.or.-p rcfesa-;o:iaJ crrr ! yees, a t. al cf 43 rr7:oye. Tbe pay-r.;2 pay-r.;2 row cxcee ij $13.m3 eacn Up to rember 31. 1S23 (3's IT' or, i ha the fccespitara record " cf J .t; r.i diys vu mi follows; JTnvo city 2130; Utah county tS; area cu'jia cour.Ty. 97; out- th area. 39. Total patient NurnUr of operations, major. 0; r.i.-r.t-r cf cperationA, minor, fl ; r.iimlwr f laboratory exam-i:.ki::r.3, exam-i:.ki::r.3, 2i7C; number of exa.-n-i ilwrj raJiographlc (X-rnyl. lw; nu niter cf examlnationji. .'v.cr.c.' ZJ, staff r.urs;r.? i'- r cf th; s:rvic3 avajah in t;e Llh VaJiey r.jspital not uuii:y ft.ur.-l in honitais of cn.paratle size are, rtaiier.t phy Syrian a v,t-;i trat:jd. rhys.c-iarr rhys.c-iarr f.o l;ves at the hospital and iAhcs services for eniergt-ncics ar.d routine requirements are aaiJati st U times. X-ray expert who js c-rr.ploy-ty Uie hcp;taj to nuke tjsa-e:;.j tjsa-e:;.j cf X-ray t..nj Ufia in U.i; ir.o.J-m. wt:l-e-tv.pp-i X-riy d-.-partrnt-nt. i';hc.:v;:5t an expert ero-p'-yed ty the hp;tal as con-suiUst con-suiUst la c;ake raLhiUscal ex-arr.atii-rj ar.d rtp-rts. Fliettrtxardiograpncr an expert ex-pert errployed by the "hospital lo make and Interpret recorila or graphs of heart ailments cn the hospital' modern cquipment. Outp-atjcnt Cepartmer.l fur the trcatir.cr.t of arr.buiar.t patients who coir.e to the hospital for trea.tfr.ejit tut not for hospitali-tatica hospitali-tatica evcr-n!ght. Itis department depart-ment or clinic is to be opened la March. It coits corj.deraLJy more to cprate the hospital than the ilurpiUl ccliccts in fees, room charges, etc. To state It another ay, there Is an operating: deficit each month of approximately $1000. patents Who are cared for at the hospital, all receive more services of various kinds lhan they pay for, hence the deficit. This. deficit has to be made up by th hospital board of directors, direc-tors, that is. by the people living In the hospital area. rrovo, Utah county, and the er.rJre hospital area (roughly, all territory within a radius of 35 miles of Provo). are very fortunate for-tunate in having this splendid Institution. The Provo chamber of commerce was largely responsible respon-sible for securing' the hospital. RAILROADS Provo'a first railroad, the Utah Southern, which later became the Union Pacific, was laid in 1S73; the Xenver & Rio Grande in 1SS1; the Utah CoaJ Route in 1912, and the Salt Lake & Utah ftntpr- urban electric) in 1914. if . . . i n -' M 9, ! j f '4 A if!U "A JLj i i A f ; ' :'iT-'" J . - """"" - - J . ' - -1 . I: li ; , i The new public' library was completed and opened for use by the citizens of Provo July 27, 1939. v; ;.V Provo now has one of th finest libraries in Utah. The building: is almost three times as large as the old Cernegie li brary which it replaced. Besides the large reading room for the public, there i3 a commodious department for the children and several smaller study rooms. The library is beautifully finished fin-ished and well lighted and its physical - equipment will be adequate ade-quate for Provo for many years even though , the city continues to grow at its present rate. The library is completely . staff ed with five employees under the direction direc-tion of Librarian Maline S. Band-ley. Band-ley. , J What. the; library needs now is more books. The total circula- ' tion m l 939 was 109,457 bdoks. There were 17,353 books in the library - qn January 1, 1940, which means .that each book in the library, on an average basis, was loaned at leasr six times during the year. ... - A very successful drive "for books was held last November, resulting: : In the acquisition of 14S0 good, useful books. The total cost of the new : building was $59,340, ' of which $32,700 . was provided by Provo , city , and $26,640 through P. A. The library is used every day. in the year, not only by the people peo-ple of Provo, but also ly readers, read-ers, living in the rural districts around Provo and by the stu dents of the Brigham Young university. uni-versity. , , NAMED AI-TEU PROVOT Provo city derived its name from Etienne Provot, an early eighteenth century trapper, it is believed. ' Two Spanish priests. Dominquez and Escalante, seeking seek-ing a direct route to California, in 177G, are credited with first entering Utah Valley. s.i 4 Front view of the new Utah Valley Hospital, erected at a cost of $340,000 to serve the people of central and southern Utah. The hospital was opened September 18 to receive patients and in a short time had over,,50 patients.: Many specialized services not always found in hospitals of comparable size are available at the Utah Valley Hospital. , ' ' ' : 'CLIMATE - ' ' Utah Valley enjoys four , distinct dis-tinct seasons , eacn year. The climate Is : temperate, v a warm sun fchining the majority of days each year, with rain and 1 snow pleasureably interspersed in appropriate ap-propriate seasons. Ff) f- 7)i nn J JW - ' - . . . ' .... ... .- Is Not an Average Cityl It has personality arid vigor. It is orderly, law-abiding and AMERICAN. It is clean, healthful health-ful and well-groomed; a City of Culture. It is the trading and educational center for Central and Southern Utah; it has many important in-dustries-and new ones are coming. lt is. a residence resi-dence city, the ideal "home town;" It is a growing, progressive, American City -far above the average. I . THE PR0V0 CHAJIBER OF C0JBIERCE Has fifteen directors and two hundred-fifty Jnembers whose sole endeavor is to keep Provo a better-than-average city. To make it a happy, prosperous community for all the people. . (ill 1 ' The Chamber o f Commerce Program of Work for 1940 . To promote tourist trade and vacation business in Provo and Utah County. In 1939 Utah had 1,978,644 visitors who spent $30,382,900.00 in the State. To work with the State Road Commission for the improvement im-provement of the road through Provo Canyon, so that it will be kept in a safe, first-class condition at all times; and to' hasten construction of a modern, four-lane four-lane highway through Utah County. To assist the fruit growers and agriculturists of Utah County and to encourage them in their efforts to secure se-cure dependable markets and better prices through proper grading, packing and closer co-operation among the growers. To render necessary aid to industries already established estab-lished here and to continue our efforts to bring in some new industries in 1940. To further develop Provo as the Center for trading, amusements, education and recreation. To further support the Provo July Fourth celebration, celebra-tion, the Utah Valley Hospital, and the Deer Creek Project, in the development of which the Chamber has taken a leading part in the past. ' To support, financially and otherwise, the Brigham Young University in its new building campaign, and to assist the University in all other ways possible. To establish a convention bureau and to bring to Provo all local and state conventions which our city is prepared to handle. To carry-on the campaign to regulate "solicitations" of all kinds in Provo. UV7L C. P. CROCKETT, Vice President DTP FPTAP Qt F. G. WARNICK, Treasurer 1 UitO. R. A. MOOREFIELD P. E. XSHTON JOHN O. BEES LEY J. C. MOFFIT, President WYMAN BERG FRANK J. EARL V. J. BIRD HOWARD GRAHAM A. C. HATCH ALEX HEDQUIST CLAYTON JENKINS, Secretary ALLAN D. JOHNSON S. W. C T. KEIGLEY CLIF RUSSELL TOLBOE i |