Show erous Center of a Thriving Fruit Section I f ft t y t 4 1 r T 2 t r A I I J F J fi tr 3 rF t 1 j N J Vif V V 1 lud ro o Qc d r y Oa j jt A t L j j WS Jo L b Ml f j rJ Lea has many advantages to offer otter prospective homemakers It Is t PROVO the county seat sent of Utah county with a n population of and tho I population is It Is In the heart of a rich agricultural section and tho the center of many mining districts It Is especially as an educational center that Provo Is prominent Tho Tim Brigham Young university the head heM of tho the great Teat system of L D S schools is located here and thousands thousand of o t students student s come corne every year ear to attend ll it Tho Procter academy under the direction of tho the Congregational Education Education Education tion society Is conceded to be one of the best denominational schools In the state and Is la growing In size and Influence Inn The public pub lie school system Is excellent with pupils attending tho the schools J Provo has a fine fino public library a n first class general hospital fine fino opera house churches of the leading denominations denom dellom and a good representation of fraternal societies I It Is IH the homo home of the Telluride Power company compan one ono of the largest electric power companies In tho the country count All AH kinds of business enterprises are arc rep represented represented R Jt resented and there arc are fine openings for manufacturing enterprises to bo ho established establish cd g A large larse and well conducted commercial club Is organized having for 1 Its object the tho promotion promo lion of any an laudable undertaking that will advance tho the thoI I I Interests Provo and this section of the state stale havo enjoyed a prosperous year rear In 1009 1909 Tho The agricultural yield In grain and vegetables has been good Fruit the tho crop which Is la more and more becoming tho the chief financial dependence of ot this and surrounding towns was wall below bolow tho average In quantity on en act ac t aunt of tho the late and severe severo spring frosts but this was wa to some Borne extent com corn compensated compensated for by b a n better quality of fruit through the thinning process of the frost and by better prices owing to the scarcity at nt other points as well as in M here hele The result of the he frost however how however ever eer has only on I been a n temporary dis disadvantage disadvantage advantage and will prove 1 roe a future futuro benefit In this that tho the fruit grow growers growers growers ers will hereafter use smudge pots In their orchards to ward off of the frost This has proved such a R success in other places notably Colorado that next year ear every eel fruit grower will have havo his cloud of smoke by b night to do tho work which In tho the past he has ha depended de more or less leas leason lesson lesson on the uncertain canyon canon breezes to do for him This will also work to tho the advantage of tho the real estate men mon and the tho landowners having land for sale because they the will not be under the uncertainty un uncertainty uncertainty certainty of changing tho the wind belts to suit the purchasers pleasure and their own profit FORTUNES IN FRUIT There Is probably no country countr In the world that offers better botter opportunities for a good living or a 0 fortune If tho the business Is gone Into extensively than I this In ht the production of fruit Two to twelve hundred dollars an acre has boon been realized from orchards this season and net profits of from KO 50 O to an all acre from vegetables including sugar beets In the tho case cose of beets 50 Grain and alfalfa hayand lucern seed have also brought good profits as the returns return of I the farmers labor but tho land and is ia gen Ion generally generally crall considered too valuable for grain I and much less of this Is now raised than thun formerly Tho The fruit canneries have hoo done one a good and profitable business but owing to I the reduction in the crop have hao not dono 1000 as a much business as thoy they otherwise would Mining investments and the develop development ment of mining property which in the past year car have havo added greatly to tho the general prosperity of the community have contributed their share this sea season season season son but not to compare In volume with a few years preceding 1908 lOOS and the tho tendency among tho the people I general generally ly Is probably to got pot away from tho the themore more moro uncertain Investments In mines I and to place their money and energy ener In Inthe inthe I Ithe the cultivation of ot the soil The manufacturing Interests while not large have havo h wo na i a steady stenay growth and ami the home Industry enterprises are doing well although not as well as could and should bo ho expected from tho the general prosperity of the tho community An exception to this statement Is s the Startup Candy Cand company one onn of tho the largest concerns of Its kind In ht the state and which has reached far outside of or Utah for Its trade This enterprise is growing crowing and Is not only profitable to Its It owners but an encouragement to tooth others oth rs who havo the ability and tho means to launch out in profitable man manufacturing manufacturing enterprises and benefiting tho the community by furnishing employ employment j ment ns as well as themselves by b tho the profits of their business In this connection it Is welcome me news to the public generally that the Provo Woolen mills are aro to be sold old provided tho the sale will again start tho the cloth manufacturing man manufacturing Industry here The mills were of great benefit to tho the people In inthe tho the early days das although never nover profit profitable profitable able to those who spent s nt their time and means In many man cases at great personal sacrifice to build and equip the fac factory factor factory tory tor Tho The time finally finall came when for foreign foreign eign competition became so strong and antI tho the support of tho the home people so weak that the mills once Justly Justl the pride of tho the state by reason of their size and tho superior quality of their products were compelled to close COMMERCIAL OUTLOOK The commercial and financial busi business business business ness of the city has Increased perceptibly perceptibly over oer last year eal owing to the tho gon gen general oral eral prosperity and tho restoration of courage and hope somewhat shattered I t T b by y panic of 1907 1307 Tho The banks and business houses and tho the latter are In Increasing creasing show most encouraging busi busl business business ness records for the year car carTho Tho The Provo If Its record may maybe maybo maybe be bo taker as an Index In ex of business cor eor corroborates corroborates s the tho advancement Indicated above ahoo The rho receipts as given by Post Postmaster Postmaster Postmaster master Clove Cloe wore were for 1903 1303 and for 1509 1303 an Increase of The general advance In tho business here hero since sinco the late ate nineties when tho the once office received from front tho government only on 10 tO a month for clerk hire and the tho total receipts of tho the was w a little over Is shown by b tho fact that tho the office Is now con conducted conducted conducted ducted In the tho governments own build building ing and has 23 officials and connected with It with free freo city and rural deliveries BUILDING ACTIVITY Provo has experienced reat Treat building activity during the past pa laM L year Tho The principal new structure to be 00 completed ed Is the federal building at a cost of ot a substantial and exceptionally well finished and equipped structure for forthe forthe forthe the use of the time and the tho forest reserve officers The rhe memorial building on em Temple hill at nt tho the head of Third East street now In course of erection to cost will be completed tho the coming year and will be bo tho the nucleus of the proposed collegiate department buildings building of ot tho the Brigham Young uni university Tho The L D S Church has ha nearly nearl finished a n commodious building on tho former tithing office site at a 0 cost of about which will be used as stake sta e church offices etc eta Tho hoard Iward of education Is erecting a schoolhouse Tho Time number of private residences erected this year yer Is probably greater than In any an previous year ear STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL The State Mental hospital located hore bore has passed a very el successful year ear making many ma Improvements and con contemplating contemplating contemplating I others for the coming corning year I Medical Supt Calder that there has been no sickness except colds and no serious accidents This favor favorable favorable able condition can be attributed to tho the great care caro exercised by Dr Calder and his competent staff of assistants over oer the health and well being of tho the large family in his care Each uh patient Is given given given en careful medical attention and such treatment as his case demands demand II and the sanitary conditions are aro almost amot perfect Pure air sunlight and out of door ex ox exercise exercIse whenever wheler possible po with an abundance abundance abundance dance of pure wholesome food foot all nil go goto goto goto to making the conditions at tho hospi hospital hospItal hospital tal as favorable as a they are The value of occupation Is also recognized and the time principle applied The Interest of tho the patient In some occupation occupation occupation tion suited to his ha capacity and condition Is aroused and In this way wa many cures have been neen effected And In cases where complete cures have not resulted great I Improvements have taken place There aro are patients patient In the tho hospital an Increase e of 23 28 over oer a year ear ago Many Improvements have havo been mado made In the buildings and on an the grounds Tho The board has purchased 20 acres of land Joining the tho hospital property on the west known as aI tho the Turner farm i welch will wUl be 00 n a l great help towards sup supplying I plying the tho Institution with farm prod products products products The cold storage capacity has Ius been Increased by tho erection of it Ii 20 building and tho the Installation I I of a II large ice manufacturing machine I and a II now new power engine has hns I been b added to tho power plant A II greenhouse has been built which will trill willbe I be bo of great aid In propagating early vegetables for transplanting and will I supply flowers for tho the rooms of tho the pa patients patients The fine herd of Jersey cattle has been Increased by time the purchase of or i superior purebred animals among them a male descendant of the famous Brown Bessie a noted aristocrat of tho the I Jersey family MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS Tho The municipality has mado made Improve Improvements Improvements I ments mente by b the building of concrete l bridges across many man of the streams passing through tho the city Eight miles of nt at a n cost of has hns been boen constructed and tho time construction of six miles additional is III now being contemplated contemplated plated and four tour miles of cement side sidewalks sidewalks Il t walks have hwe boon been n added to the tho paved district l The city and county count have hae also joined i with a 0 number of progressive citizens In Inthe F I h the tho construction of a 0 boulevard from Provo to Olmsted the Power beautiful home at tho the mouth of Provo canyon This road Is being constructed under the supervision of a government gov road toad export expert ec rt and will be bo boone 1 one country countr of or tho the most pleasant drives In tho the |