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Show J I 1 al News First you raid.. ' take en, ' . . FEOYO HERALD E the &et all PRO VOt UTAH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, volxxylno.i2?.: rvn 1911. o) V' IMPROVEMENTS ON SAL 71 XAC ROUTE PLANNED SGnOO . Tnifimic I llll Ill I ' II I "'!'' I n i III! II lI llll Il lUll j - UL inn nrrn Hi 1 SPRING That the towns in the south end of the county will receive better accommodations fromSaltj Lake Route is evidenced by de- velopments" which have been tak- - 4 -- ZSn3ace7I - 7 : nutcoo io jLu vi iuu liu(? AliU most modern theatres In this section and. i.as a : seating capacity of four hundred and ninety-nin- e and number of features new to have been incorporaed in the details of the 4. 4- railroads are not doing a of improvement work and deal great that it woul probably be spring before anything definite is done. Assurance however, was given that the people would be given better service and the betterment will include the moving of the track of that road nearer Spring-ville- , Spanish Fork and Pavson and Probably Santaquin. u will also Include one or two through trains throug thi3 valley. Had not the difficulties between the railroads and their employes arisen It is probable that the improvements wouTfiave "been" continued" during the --winter: - An earlyleltlementQf.dlffli culties is expected and the plans will then be considered. - here is one thing,' said , a rall- . ro&i d Official the other day. 'The peo ple of the towns in the ?outh end of the county will have to do their share in assisting us to get a preferab'e We .will be willing to do our share when the people will assist tlme-th- e A- right-of-wa- .. . '. y. lOUpWIGll jnaOfiMkT.haprom high-clas- JOLLY TIME AT FRAItlfj-SCH- OO AnnjYersary.-service- -- g th--of l.rr mence at .7 o'cloc,k . . ',rf Preliminary musical program. Special Christmas drill nterspersed wth appropriate singing exercses,' f if- ty children under the supension, of . H STATE LAND EG EGATED To present to the state land board a proposition of Tooele county people to have the state segregate - 20,000 acres-o- f land In that county and place iron 'salerfor dry farm purposes. Governor William Spry appeared before the board "Thursday, morning. While the board di I not consent to make- a segregation it did agree to have a survey made, and then such steps as may be necessary can be taken by individual settlers to atke up the land for dry fam purposes. , The ieda of , the Tooele people was to have the" land selected by the state from ihe government, segregated and iirned over for the use of dry farm ers, thus Enabling settlers to buy from the state'fnstead of homesteading. . The land boards however, has de clined to do this in several other cases where companies or individuals have sought-thave such segregations made,- the refusal being based n --the ground that the stte has but little piargia jpji The general expression of opinion on the part of members of tbe board was that the segregation as 'asked could not W onie, but the land might be ordered surveyed and then those Inter-m- f Mjiking it up might have an secure It as individuals. opportunity : . - -- . : An-thu- m o . - . t- -' "; -- rorseiecons... ;- -- . : -- . sister-lnl-la- SflvVf'e . . . , v "Z-I- Uih.'merml' ; ll - r- -." -- ( K v - ' . . ' THIRD III II SLE IHE BOARD Christ and of Joseph Smith will be held In the tabernacle, Sunday afternoon.. ' Elder E S, Hinckley, and Alice Raynolds wttl be the . speakers, and the foll6wlng musical program will be rendered i "Jesus once of humble "i''1 ilrs; Alfred Osmond. . True meaning of' Christmas", Pfof, 6'lrtV "Pralae to the man who communed with Jehovah,- - "Solos and Wjae H.v Chamberlain. .k Chorus-Ador- e and be stilL" by '"Ella Violin Solo,. Forrest dlazier E. Watson, Mrs. and Chas. Ritchie Carol," Reading, "Christmas ' ever singing," voices "Angel JosYateSil ' .; ' Singing, Male from the and Chorus," "Hallulujah Quartet. " Talk by Santa Claua, Tis Better Messiah. to give than to Recelve.--- ' An Important feature of the exer- DEATH OF. MRS. MINNIE BECK.' . Mrs.'W. B. Ward ws informed by cises- will be a' Christmas' tree and theV death scenery reproducing the- nativity fea telegram this morning' of Mtrinle Mrs. of. here tures, the wise men or the East and which Ilarrison of Beck, the Shepherds coming to lindithe ner notne occurea in ai. ,. yesterday lor,. Spokane; Washjngt no. The body will .Clarence Duffin.'la. down frouirOg- - be, brought to Provo for. burial, arrlv-- l ' Mrs. Beck's son, SCANDINAVIAN REUNION. Ing; here Jlondaf, den for Ue holidays. Harrjr, Beck wilt accompany the body .The Scandinavians and their. friends BEAUT I FU L. CALENDARS. . to Provo. Funeral arrangements hfave haveibeen Invited to attend A social Irt the basemmt of the Sixth not yet been mad I reunion ?;ndil-frlt$'tneJward meetinK house Friday December xf ni the Deiver "nnd.Rio Gpande Mrs. H. S.i Pyne ftyent yesterdav 29, at. 7 p.m. The participants' are :.rr in SaltlLake City. .. requested to bring refreshments. 'tern railroads. - ' --i'', -. IS BY - eMhe-bk TEETH t Gold and silver production in Utah in 1910.jsdlscused buefly in a report just issued by the U. S. geological sur vey, which says: The gold production 1910 was ''4,032,085, Utah in Of against 14,206,548 Of the total output ?7.127 was recovered in amalgamation and cyanidation, chiefly irt the Camp Floyd district of Tooele county and in Iron, Piute, Salt Lake, and Hoxelder, counties". The remainder of the gold production was altu)steii t Tiely Troui" the smelting of copper, lead, and dry ores and concentrates. Salt Lake county ranked first in gold output with I. 770,058, mainly from copper ores, and from the Bingham or West Mountain district. Juab county was second, with tl,181,3GG. chioflv. from i'Plperc .lead, and siliceous ores a no. from the Tlntio district,. Tooele county followed with 72I,36I. malnty from drr or siliceous Floyd districtx and ores:jf- Utah county was fourth with $193,234 from lead ores qf the Tlntlc district The silver production of Utah, was 10,46ff,971 fine ounces in 1910',' giving In 1909. -- the United the state third rank States. Juab county produced in 3,835,-06- 3 ounces, '6f which 2,634.361 ounces came from "lead ore. 829,!I!M ounces from copper on.', ani 370,026 ounces ironi dry or ' siliceous "Vie?, chiefly from th e tiutic district, Summit and WaVa'tch . counties tORetlier (Park 2,571, 77k, ounC: produced region City es, of which 1,513,444 ounces caine " from lead ores and 99,1 85 ounces lead-xihores. Third in rank was from Salt Lake county;- - with 2,0u.L31 onnv e I Through the persistent and thoughtful werk of Dr. Hughes, city physician, the children of the public schools will be in a position to have the teeth treated free, of charge. The dentists who will aid in the good work are Doctors Nelson, Noyes, Hanson, Love and Douglas. A half a day in the week will be set aside for the school children and Doctor Hughes will assign to the dentist whose turn It.Js.jo take the ailing students. The teeth will be treated for all the ordinary ailments. without charge. This is the commencement of bet ter attention as to the health" of the pupil3. It is expected that utlimately the city schools will have a department" of health which will' include the attendance of a competent dentist at 0 the Central school building. Letters are Handed To Those who Will Care for Wants LETTERS SOME ' f o The postmaster general has is- sued the following order: "Post masters are authorized to deliver all letters arriving at their re-- spectlve'post officesliefween De- - . cember 16, 1911, and January 1, which are ad- - & 1912, inclusive, dressed plainly and immlstakab-"'2Sr ly to JSanta Claus,' without any other terms or" expressions iden- tifying the person for whom such, letters are Intended, to responsl- -' ,,, 2 ble institutions or! Individuals in ; , ' ' the town or city of address who " ' ly for phllanthroplo purposes," "' MTPUTfl KM iiniuiiiuifii FIEAI UIHL That the. state select about 13,000 acresrrrf government land abovehe ditch on the Hatchtown reclamation project and sell it to the sellers oa irrigated lands' under the ditch for grazing purposes, was an important proposition laid before the state land board yesterdya morning by State Engineer Caleb Tanner in behalf of the purchasers of land under the project. Governor William Spry was jjresent during a discussion of the scheme and advised that it be carried out if the board found It could do so consist? ently. The board took the matter under advisement. To the settlers on Jands. under the Hatch town ditch the proposition is of utmost! Importance as they are handicapped in making a success of the reclamation project for lack of indi vidual grazing lands contiguous to their irrigated properties. As Mr. Tanner explained to the commissioners, there is a' wide stretch of bench land above the ditch of the Hatchtown project, on which water cannot be gotten, but which is good for grazing purposes. This land lies continguous to the irrigated land on the other side of the ditch and'if from the government by Utah, might be sold to the settlers and plac ed under fence for the exclusive use of the owners as pasture land. . Third Ward Society and Parents class gladdened famiJs-.-yejr- ' Ihe" hearts brthrrty-flvrferday by the distribution of six and one half tons of coal, several hundred pounds of flour, 362 quarts of bottled fruit, roasts of meat, butter, groceries potatoes., cabbage and other vegetables besides a large sum in cash. The . PoistfflaBter CIoveia gothered up" Santa Claus letters, and turned , the greater part of them over to the local Elks, who, will inquire into the needs of the little ones. Mr. T. Kellx Bach man Is the chairman of the Elk's com' ..." v mittee. The letters are mostly simple child- -' ish requests for some toys, candy and nuts, but occasldnally the little letters are out of the ordinary. Here are cop- . : : . only the first name of the writer giv- en: - Dera Santa Claus: . Would you please bring me a dolly, but not quite so big as the one yoa gave me last year. I would like" a black board and'a set of dishes. But, ; Santa Claus, if you are too busy. Just bring me one of these, because I do not want to give you too much work. WeTirDear Santa Clans'; I will have ta , so good-bysay ' DORTHV. ... good-bye- - Dear Santa Claus: Would you please bring a doll, but not quite as big as the' one you brought me year before last. And I ' would like a set of dishes and a rocking chair and a ring. "But If I have Relief asked for too many things, please take some and give them to some poorJ1. CHRISTMAS DISTRIBUTION Provo r I IIU CITY I1SI " ten-ce- The following program will be given at the Fifth Ward meeting house Sunday evening in honor of the Chr'jst- - CHRISTMAS SERVICES. HAVE bHILUHtlli -- The princess will give three shows nightly with special matinees and the prices are ten and twenty cents. TbereWlIl be forty, two, wicker; shalrs which will betised for private parties and. these are to cost twenty rents, which leaves four hundred and fifty seats. The programs wiL change every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday anjEl s the bills will consist of pictures and gooit vaudeville when obtainable. Friday, the various. grades of the Franklin school participated in Christ. mas programs. A number of payefits were present. .The maja. feature of the Primary grades was the visit from Santa Glaus who presented each pupil with a Christmas present and a bag of candy and nuts. in the Grammar graces the pro- grams "consisted bf musical selections readings, stories and dialogues given by the pupils. Decorations tor the occasion were of pine boughs jand Christmas bells and each room had its own Christmas ' : tree, j, Jn the evening a program in honor of the President of the Board of Education was given by the pupils of the Grammar grades. 2 -- .. . - he -- 4 4 It was set forth that at the present -. In the interior finish of the place and general appearance the house Is a beauty. Money has been spent freely in combining the latest ideas of theatre construction with artistic effects and the result is a very pretty picture playhouse. The house lias cost "" upwards of 128,000. At this wrltlrig . carpets, draperies beatifuL tish, German, 1 French, 5 Norweig- ians, 21 Danish, 8 Swedish, 4 Irish and All the public schools of the 3 Swiss. afternoon closed yesterday city " . At th Parker. for the Christmas holidays and v, The following program was given at will not open again until the the. Parker school; In the afternoon Tuesday following New Years for the children and in the evening which makes a holiday for teachfor the parents and friends. ers and pupils of eleven days. In Chorus, "First Christmas." all the individual school build- Chorus, "Bethlehem Babe4': ings and class rooms appropriate Address of Welcome, Principal N. exercises were held In antlclpa- F. Wilson. tlon of the Christmas season. Folk games: First Grade, Miss fr Coombs, "teacher. At The. Central. Recitation, Alton Robison. The following programp was enjoyCentral-scho- ol Second Grade, when parents ."A Company-Song,- '1 ed at-tteacher: and Jriends of Ihe pupils were pres2 Mrss Dramatization "Cheerful Candles," ent. ChilMiss School Meldrum, teacher. Chorus, "Silent Night," "Mother Goose," ChlldTen's Chrlst- dren. Mrs. mas," - Prayer, Joseph Hafen. ; Pickering. Christmas Carol and Drill, Fifth Ladies Sextette. Origin and observance of Christi-mas,- Grade, Miss Sharp, teacher. C. II, Davis. . " During the afternoon Santa Claus ' was School Orchestra. present and distributed presents Selection, Origin of Christmas Day, Stanley from a prettily decorated tree. At the Timpanogas Decker. Chrfctma Trombone Solo, LeRoy.Frisby, Christmas stories and songs were the feature in each xoom at the Timpano-ga- s val Singleton. Piano-Due- t," ttMS-SwtvmiJTSuflne Dunn" and Fifth, Sixth and Seventh grade rooms Freda Jensen. brlglnal-Christm- as Story, Christa Christmas trees had been prepared and dainty presents distributed, to Anderson. Violin-Duet- , oH ward Starr, Vaughn each pupil. -- Franklin and Maeser. Holdaway. Interesting programs were also givChorus, "Jingle Bells" school. Following the program, Superin en in the different rooms at the Franktendent Eggertsen asked for statistics lin and Maeser schools In the afterconcerning the grandparents 61 the noon and evening when the young children present and was informed peqpje who participated, did so with that 56 children had American grand much credit to themselves and teach" parents, f?8 English, II Welch, 15 Scot- - ers. are being" installed and they are ex tremely handsome. The velvet draperies and mahogany furniture are very Greenwood of American Fork, chairman of .the railroads committee from the Utah coun- ty development league in speak- In'g with the officials of the Salt Lake RouteWas assured, that the road is willing to do anything in reason to give the people, of this valley the best service. Alma .. ''' 4- - O 4- - : CHILDREN CAflED RL!fl FREE for--th-e place. 4 II Join Children in Holiday Fest -- . Merchants. 1885. fannf5)ii(g5?rr SCHOOL Chnstmar Exerciss Hold Sway in All Schools and Parents and Teachers Next week the beautiful new Princess theatre, which Lis been in the course of construction past several months will be formally opened Jbythe management of the house when an excellent bill will be pre- - Work of Developmenti League Is Already Being Felt By Advancement WORK IN I OF I WEEK the Best - I or RE v UU LL 1J i rQ SPIRIT pers are SANTA CLAUS LETTERS OP CITY RECEIVED BY SCORES UN REGAL who use the ...Newspa- ESTABLISHED M j Merchants litfl? jSlELbpyj JorJ have a nice home and my papa and mamma are ' good fo me. Tou loving friend," - , LORN A. Dear Santa Claus: When you come aroand on Christ mas morning, do not miss my house, . please. I live at 486 E. Seventh North. METHODIST CHURCH. and I am a poor ; a. 10 m.; School, Sunday J'reach-ing- My naniejs Clelia( want a doll 16 inches if a.m.: Christmas services at little girl, long. So please do not for get me. 7:30 p. m.. Dr." Ti"bot will-pre- . , r - t ach ' Sunday morning. 7:30 p. nt. Prayer meeting at -- - ces,-- . of which 1,186,072 ounces came frOm copper ores, GCl,l04 ounces from load ores, 239, 263 ounces from lead-zin- c ores, atfd 126,893 ounces from Dear Santa Claus: Will you pleeEenirme-apalrtpfl- l warm glvoes, and anything else thaj you wish. I am a poor. boy, and I chopped woo "dalP day thanksgiving,but I was just as well potent without' playing that day. My name la Alex, and I live at 486 E. ?th N. I hope you will not forget' me on Christmas ores, mainly from Bingham district, but hlso in part from the Big and Little Cottonwood districts. Utah , ' county ranked-- fourth with . l,ni4,3Sl lead'; ore of the "Tlntlc' Oijircotj" froji Of (ilsrrlct. the total silver output of Dear St. Jvlchelasi- lI hope you will come to my house 'In 1910 lead ores produced lit ah ouncotes JJ.OSO.p apd. bring me an India tiNo'.; 10 suit,' copper - and bringtr-Vcapboajran.oun-.ores lead 1,22S,39S and zinc e:-, bring copper-lea- d ,- . ' 6,423,--ounce- - ' - " - - s, d "' Contlnd on Page Two. -- T |