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Show .. i - . ERE'&juoew green, seasortust breaking- - through There's a new tingle in the air, a new : to the light in blwT.::The the stirring veradvertising jagesare crying spring. They are for you to read and profit. Ad -- IRAQI " " - ft t j rr ' reading is a profitable pastime for both met and wo- men. Those who read them always gain information so r: much desired. ' -- . VOL.- XXVI. No. 168. PROVO, UTAH,:WEDNESDAYM ARCH-ZOrrtt- ESTABLISHED tr 1885. )ELEGATION OF BUSINESS MEN FROM COMMERCIAL GLUBWILL SPEAK FOR PROVO AS PROPER POINT FORrTEiMNAE ROAD mm iy CAPITAL BE UNSEEN POWER BACK lSS Y T oh train 4 1 OF JOHN DEATH ENJOYS FinST WHITER III CAPITAL John Jones Davles, 77 years of ago died at bis home yesterday afternoon of Bright's disease following an Illness of about two .months. The deceased was a native of Wales and came to Provo from there about thirty years ago and has since resided in this city. Mr. Davles for many years had been i W. T. Foy Dies While Stealing a Ride from Railroad, His Former Employer the traveling representative of, the Deseret News and the Juvenile Instructor and was - one of the most prominent and beloved Welshmen in the west Mr. Davies was the found-er"the eambiian "association Utah and held the bardie title of . Provo Considered for the Gateway of Coal to jbe Used on Steamers of the Pacific Coast; Salt Lake Route Connection Makes Provo a Desirable Point OULD MEAN A NEW UNION DEPOT W - - railroad which will tap Provo is to be the terminal jorhe-fiethe rich coalfield .: ,., county. Provo is to be the junction point from which all California ;J freight and passenger traffic is to be transferred. round-house . Provo and from which is to have the large yards stock. its will draw the entire , new road rolling Provo will be the hub through which a major part of the Pa-and freight hoats will receive their coal. rs ; Provo will eventually be a center through which more coal will pass than any city in the Rocky mountain west. Provo wUl gain a larger pay roll through the permanent ' 7' road acti vities which will require hundreds of men. Provo will have another fine railroad station at a point on Academy avenue near the present Salt Lake Route office. r Provo will receive scores of other commercial boosts in connection with the railroad activities which are certain to come.7"" , w of-Em- ery afk-iinp- It has been strongly hinteoVbymen who have a reputation to know that which is to run ihe"3"-OJ?from Mohrland, Emery county, to this city has the backing of the Harriman interests. It is stated that the in the. purchase of the great coal fields of Emery, which hare been going on for the last two months, have been for the Harriman system.-- ; These "Statements have not been confirmed by any of the officials of the road nor is it expected that they will be for some time to come. It is, never-theJess, true that" the Harriman in terests have had an eye on the Emery county coal Deld3 for a long while. In fact some work was' done during the life of Mr, Harriman with a pur pose of getting an ample coal supply "for the western activities of the Harrlman lines. Ashton is Engineer. ton who was formerly Engineer-Aswith the Oregon Short Line has charge of the construction of the line The preliminary surveys have been made and many montis spent on cost etc. The lines have reports.-grade- s, Provo and a survey to beeo run Into run into Spanish Fork. has also been not definite but from Is The plan ; .present indlcationa the Jiewjnewltl run from "Mohrland, Emery jaunty, J ft . acti-Citi- es ; .' . ,'' . . ' J - h t o dangling between two. baggage cars Monday night on Rio Grande train No. 4, the-conductor in charge, found W. JT. Foy a former telegraph opera-His body of 4- representatives the new road that it Is not their desire to have the city make offers to them but when the proper time comes some concessions will be asked for. It is believed that these concession will be support rather than fialong a line-o- f nancial aid. ' At the meeting of the club a formal invitation will be extended to'the new company and everything done to bring the terminal to this city LANGUAGE. USES PROFANE the- - - - Siith wrd -- The athletes of the Brigham Young University will hold their ' last big indoor athletic meet of the season in their gymnasium Saturday night next and a great deal of enthusiasm and interest 13 being taken In the event. The meet will be a boxing and wrestling tournament and a snappy program has been arranged whereby the sport loving public are promise' a treat. The boxing bouts will be con to amateur rules of ductedaccprding " the' game. Two judges"and-- a referea the--ct- y " ' - Salt - . - aat-tlLeJacfcjc- - ' night-Jov.-Spr- y ti C d . - -i- - 111 1 f ' "' : I 4 . 1 Seaun Ddu." Mr. Davles has contributed many articles and poems to the Wlsh magazine of the United States as well as those of his native land. The funeral services will be conducted from the First ward chapel Thursday after noon commencing at 2 o'clock. LADIES ADVOCATE ! ; mill Monday afternoon, the officers of the local Utah Home Industry Assocla- tion held an enthusiastic meeting at the Hotel Roberts and discussed theV ways and means in promoting home industry. work of advocating Mrs. Nellie E. Taylor,4 president Of the local association and Mrs. Marg- aret Denhalter, secretary, recently. visited a number of manufactures. In K. t .i. rti ii ri.H4.i . , - a-- Tl ; UtVTti' Cf topler,' wtf ftt'tt pending bar first winter In from Aurora wno wasblagtoa. STORMS WILL CUT MINF - -- Pft - ,,, war sentenced in the police court yes rs rdownthlugnHaTitttgttonyo tote and their deto pay a fine of $25 and to wliraecldenne-wtmieterday road the this, Thistle. .From point will be based wholly. ton cisions, Jail. 111 paralell the Rio Grande fine Into serve twenty days in of cleverness lny boxing. points this 4ity. if the Spanish Fork ter-- Seamount was charged with using pro"mlnal should be accepted the road fane and indecent language to a neighUTAH COUNTY APPLES Into Spanish bor. wouldlxunllsquthwest 1.1' Fork connecting with the "Salt L.ake JOHNSON NOT G1ULTY. PLEASE CAL1F0RNIAITES .: Isa Fork. tried was William Johnosn today ' It ia known that the objective point in Justice Jones' court by a Jury on of the new road is to connect with a . ( SpeeiftHe-Tbe-4Ie- rl. the, Salt Lake Route so that thenew a cliatgtf of "Maliciously killing Los Angeles, March 19. Utah's Melvln on an the dog, the property of Smith' - road will have opening at the Pacific Lands and Pro day of the Pacific coast. The promoters A verdict of not guilty was promptly is an unqualified ducts exposition coast on Pacific the road have an eye brought in, the Jury only needing ten success From the time that the ex of on the opening Steamship traffic at that ' diclslon. position opened this morning the " the Panama- canal Thousands., of minutes to "arrive J, The evidence showed that the dog In Utah exhibit has been the chief center will call for tPAmer " ' Lake Route ownes warfs and coaling question entered the- tent belonging of attraction, being visited by thou to the defendant and was making sands, each and every one of" whom places at San Pedro whlchwlll make with a side . of bacon, when Is loud In praise of the excellence of it convenient for the new road td fur- away with a shot the exhibit ,. Johnson: stopped the thief v nish coal. The haul Is not burden-- : ' from a rifle. The Utah party arrived here last or line the on through the some,' grade o night At 6 o'clock this evening Gov. . the Salt Lake Route belngjlmlted. SUIT FOR DiyORtE. Spry, Josepfi E." Calne --and others of Enough coal can be taken from the suit the commenced party will be the guests of the Emery coal fields to supply all the ; Alice Jensen has board of managers of the exposition new 1. boats on the Pacific With the for divorce In the fourth district court af abanquet - A : 30 - o'clock-t- o- r.raHroa.dL.to get the coal to the :Saft from William C. Jensen on the will hold a reception - Lake Route and tHeace'Saa ground"s"of desefttonrThe couple were at the Utah booth. Addresses will be "'"It will bo. seen that the new developmarried at Salt Lake City, June 10, made by Gov. .Spry and others of the Z.. is of great significance... 1908, and there is one child, a girl i Utah' partjf aslreJK as.bysotne of the Activity In Provo. old,, whoso custody tho plaintiff directors of the exposition. A fea years Harriman V If the assertions that the The defendant, through an ture of the day Is' that every visitor for. asks &tJ?!E Interest with waived service orummohs lolKe trtarefhlbtt-irpresenteattorney anothwill .have road aro true, Provo of which most and volun answer a made Utah to and time apple, big Lake Salt er union station. vThe ' came from Utah county. . ;. Route owns enough land: In tits' city tary appearance. coal.-The-- I the officers that an autopsy would not be necessary, death having been brought about by natural causes. Monday afternoon Foy was at the Maiben Glass ndPalnt company store in this city and purchased some post cards. According to appearances be had been partaking-o- f too He was not well much liquor. known here, but had worked as operator at Coiton, but was discharged-early in February because of . ; -.- v . . for a ,good depot and for Had Girl's PicVure. round house and yard3. It Is hinted A picture of a girl bearing the in this city yesterday that representatives for the new road were here for signature of "IJiif," imttd the. purpose of looking over the re in the coat pocket of the dead man. Miss Mamie Draper of Coiton spective sites. If Provo Is made the terminal which identified the picture as one Which is more than probable, there would Foy had displayed to her on different be much activity in the way of build- occasions. 'Who the girl is has not ing. ' Hundreds of men would be put been learned. At theypresent time the . officers do not'' know of the to work here permanently. -whereabouts-o- f Meeting at Club. anjr of tbo; relations A meeting has been called by Presi of the dead man and the body will be Jones until dent Irvine of the local Commercial oeld by Grabam club to consider the proposition of further investigation has been made. lending assistance to the railroad of ficials. A committee will be appoint SPORTING MEET TO BE ed to act with the officials. The meeting is called for Friday .night HELD BY B. Y. U. of It Is stated by' - -- at Coiton, Utah. Foy was Jn Provo on Monday and was f making his way east, when death came. Deputy Sheriff. v Vern Dunn was notified from Soldier Summit by the train crew and brought the body to Provo Tuesday. After an in- it was decided by vestigation tor, visits.' It was decided to bold a business at tho . public.--librarthe meeting UTAH PEOPLE GIVEN THE evening of Thursday, March 21 at 7:80 o'clock when tb GLAD BAND IN CALIFORNIA work of the association will be taken z OTicersrwitn - airs. up.rTOe-aDov- e Jesse Knight, first vice president, ' r The Utah party, Including Uovern-o- Mrs. P. S. Newcombe second vice William Spry and Secretary Calne president and fifteen prominent local of Salt Lake City, under the chaperon- - ladiesnnemberr of the board of direc- age of fT. H. Manderfleld and Doug tors will visit the local industries the next twojireeka.7 . las White of the Salt Lake Route arto decided also The rived In Los .Angeles Monday night ladles,baye glra Many prominent Utah (and California a banquet In the near future at which, people called upon, them Tuesday and only. Utah products will be served. The meeting of Thursday night wilt entertainments of various kinds have been arranged for them. Tuesday's be a most interesting one and every " JSprogramme Included a motoring Irip lady interested" in home industry Isabout the city to Pasadena and the Invited .to attend, belches .and an informal visit to the land show in the afternoon! The BATES SET FUR NATIONAL ed Utah party the, formal reception. given to. all Utah people by RR1GAT10N MEET IN ZlOn the board of governors of the Los Angeles Land and Produce exposition. . y- com-mencl- ng The heavy snow storms of the 'past -- their effect week have-ha- d uponhe will be at and it Bingham properties shown in the earnings of many of tbe properties this month. The operators are anxiously watching the weather reports in hopes that the storms will soon be over. The Denver & Rio grande and the Bingham & Garfield railroads; have been working overtime in an effort to keep the tracks clear. For. five days ,the Commercial and many other properties haver received no railroad service. If the weather man's prognostication is right there will be more snow tonight which again will tie up c the railroads. Leasers on the Utah Apex, Commer. cial and other properties are suffer PRIZES OFFICIALLY GIVEN ing severely on account of the snows. Bingham-JfewiJla-ve- Is meeting gave tnev result "of 'their' v also-attend- KirTTF"taVelIfTem Apex are mining about a ART EXHIBIT car of ore TOR THE BEST a day and. are. able. to get only a small portion of it to market Ore is being stored in every convenient place, awaiting the change in, the weather, that will give reliefs The snows are now thedeepest theybave been in many yearsV--' Every day for over a week there has been a" snow falcon the, west mountains. It was reported morning that ,250 men are at work clearing off the snow' from the railroad tracks which are drifted full and are impassable for great distances. At the Commercial mine ore is being stored to await shipment and the same la true at the Blngham-NeHaven, Utah Apex and a dozen other places. frorn-Bln- HUNT ALFALFA SEED. A deputy sheriff from Provo was in Lehl, yesterday, trying to find five sacks of alfalfa seed taken from a room everthe Palace meat -- market last Friday night The seed was worth aboutilMeraackJOieiMMJ0-Nate" Rockhill. and was being stored till spring. .The theft was discovered brsonie one who noticed a fine string of seed leading along the street. The buggy, in blch the seed was" hauled away was-- drawa by one horse which had shoes' on three feet, .the other ' hoof being barer"; V '" The dates for the twentieth session of the National Irrigation congress la Salt Lake. Ity have been tentatively fixed tor "July 22 to July 27" If was agreed by the board of control which met Monday - that the dates herein local "7 designated be suggested board of control si embracing a fitting period In . which to bold the- national an-- ., congress. July 24, the sixty-fift- h nlversary of the Utah pioneers on tbe ' ' site of Salt Lake will be included in the congress period, and it is proposed ' period, and. it Is proposed to make " 1 5 'tow-th- to an announcement According Mrs. Elizabeth Bonnemort, made the of Utah Art Institute, secretary Professor A. B. Wright is winner of the first prize of $30 for the best painting" exhibited at the receht fiprlngvllle art exhibit. Mr. Wright by -- gha 1 " ' school. His exhibit wasa portrait las White of the national board Is reentitled "Miss C." The other awards sponsible for tne"sugge8UonT"to In- - Z were as follows: , elude July 24 in the congress period. ' Wrater color by r;' Mukoyama, The program committees are busily engaged preparing the programme for gayama, third prize, 55f"Study of the occasion. "History of Irrigation an Old Man," by A. B. Wright, fourth title of one of tho prize, $10; a group of photographs, papers 'which will be given. fifth prize, a separate award, Olsen .... o & Hafen, Provo, $20. SWANSEA BRINGS LESS. Upon 'the return of Governor WilReports from Swansea are that the , liam Spry from Los Angeles, Mrs. face of the north drift on the Bonnemort will make official report level has encountered a change in tho to him of all decisions rendered and ore,' and that the rade" ls' running awards made at the Sprlngvtlle much lower. When Seen7esterday held about a month Jesse KnIghtrjresidentof :: ' agothat there was a not for the better, as far and change - But It Is PAID IN FULL. .. ... concerned.aa;1raluesare Manager Jex wishes to announce. to expected that thodrlft JElll. eacouatec the Opera House patrons that Jhe at- better conditions a little ahead. The traction "Paid in FOIL" which appears ore in of the drift Is said Monday ptght, is one.;o.ttbaIfrJ. to, holi.pre.ttyVell, .be.!?S ?f jinalltr best attractions of the year and fully which xWlll net the company $li to $12 940-fo- ot " " " thecom--panyLadmltte- - - the-roo- guaranteed.""'-"''7"'"':-"r'-L- ; a ton.'- - f - ' ( -;! . v - " d - |