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Show II II I mi A NEWSPAPER dedicated to a policy of fairness to all sections of Utah county. THIRTY-NINT- YEAR, H HERALD PHONES ... Business Office , . S3 Editorial Rooms. . . . 10T ' PROVO, NO.-- 230 UTAH, THURSDAY. APRIL 23. 1925. an o) 09 oopooooeoo Two! Million Bushels Fire Destroys Miieago o o o o o o o o o o o o o o I HAM Pro vp Boy Given Merited Recognition By Company ESSES Says Medical Profession Making: Bis Strides in Pre venting Blindness Worst Elevator Fire in Windy UNIVERSITY AVENUE City for Twenty PAVING AGITATED Years' ' Club Unanimous In Demand- ing Paving of Street This Year ' Heat so Intense Firemen Were tTbere are three .million deaf Forced Three Blocks mutes lu the United States and the Away sad thing about it all' is that many CHICAGO, April 23. (CP) Chi- Of these cases could have been pre cago's worst elevator fire In twenty vented with proper medical treat- two huge years, early, today gutted rt rrtrt ures fiDTdesfrdyea' aplroxP menf." The above statement wad made mately 2,000,000 bushels of corn and b at the oats; doing . damage estimated at before the. the Kiwanis-cluluncheon held at the Roberts Hotel $2,250,000. Police are investigating a report today by Dr. Walter T Hasler. Dr. Hasler asserted, that twenty that two persons are missing. The two jtruclnre4estroyed were percent of the jcasei uOlindness, nnder lease by the Grain Marketing before the medical profession made such strides in preventative medicompany, a farmer's cine, dated from birth and that the , Spontaneous combusTion caused injection of .a certain solution in the eyes of newly born babies bas the fire, it is believed. ' Fire boats aided the fight The prevented twenry"Ter "cent of tho boats edged up the river near the cases of blindness, in the present de' Halstead Street bridge, two miles cade. of the south of the loop and poured huge - E. A. Jacob, chairman streams of water onto the burning Kiwanis good road committee made structures Nearly a score of fires a report-tothe, progress thus for started by flying brands were ex- towards the pavement Of University Avenue. He stated that the memtinguished. The heat wss so intense that at bers, of bis committee had beea in times firemen were unable to come eonfrence both with the city and within ihfee blocks of the burn- county officials and that they pro posed to push the project through ing area: Many narrowly escaped to & successful conclusion if some injury or death when the wall of way could be found to finance the He asserted street intersections. one' structure collapsed. River traffic was blocked today that there was no hope of fedral ebri-of-rhe-'-wH-which aid but that the members of the lapsed and. tumbled into the water. committee would arrange another meeting and attempt to reach some ' i" fire-me- DOGPOISONER BUSYINPROVQ Several Valuable 'Dogs Die From Poison Spread on Bread population of the city in the eivinity of the Third ward meeting house Is In dire danger is evidenced In the fact that halt ft dozen dogs have already fallen vlcilms ro dispensers of poison. Many of the deceased members of the households were thoroughbred . animuls of considerable monetary vnlue as well estimable pets of the owners families. '.'. "'Jt Is a dastardly piece of work," was the Comment of Chief of Police Wren Wilklns, who declares that the -guilty parties have been very Jndes- criminnte in the manner in which - I hoy have Uistrilmted the poison. A piece ofJread containing poison was found on the steps' of the Third word meeting house, according to Chief Wilklns . "The lives of little children are endangered by such wholesale. diatrL. outiou of poison," said the chief. "We hope the citizens will take ah interest in assisting the officers in. apprehending any one who has so little regard for the rights of others that they'feel at liberty to make a wholesale slaughter of household e w an4-4he- ir . " ! agreement. Alex Hedquist declared that the Kiwanis club should buck the good roads commfttee toAtVnan in this enterprise' and If necessary, to wait upon the city and county officials in a body and urge the negotiation of bonds In order to put the University paving project over. Anson Hatch "stated that he had talked with one of the members of the city commission and had been assured that the commissioners block proposed to pave at least-on- e on Uniyerslty during the coming summer and that they hoped to obtain the necessary funds to complete the entire street next spring. Claud Ashworth presided at the noonday luncheon and the attendance prize was awarded to" L. L. Graham. - Jacob Coleman presentedlhe matter of obtaining a coasting hill for the winter sports for the children of Provo and was made chairman of a committee to work out some feasible plan. ."' Jesse Eliertson- read a communication from the Kiwanis club of Park City asking the memberg of the local delegation to attend the charter meeting which will be held . in that city May 5. n Alex, Hedquist called the of the club members to-- a full page advertisement contained in the last issue of the Saturday, Evening Post proclaiming to the world the wonders of Bryce canyon. ' ' : - atten-tentid- M. I. A. JUBILEE , Those engaged in this practice guilty of a misdemeanor, and are snbject to a fine of $100 or a sentence of 100 days In the county Jail, or both such fine and imprisonment, and we propose to enforce this penalty if those guilty are oppre-- "hended," was the chiefs warning. Among those to lose' their dogs! are, Lester Taylor, 100 north Fourth West;. Oliver Pearson, William F. Bushnell. 244 North Fifth West ; James M. Johnson, 544 West First North ; William R. Hiller, 510 West 8econd North-- ; George SBusby, 554 .West Second .North. tj- are ; - l The Soviet government has closed the camp at the head of Aldon River where gold has been found, and no additionul prospectors are permitted to Alter the district. Perfection of a process, of vulcanisation of rubber, nudei water instead of nnder steam, has been,dis-eoverc- d by X .A. Laursen of Euu Claire, Wlscousin. , BAND MEETS KenuMa Leavitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cfaaiiea LmvK, 755 , South University avenue, has been promoted U the managership of the Western Union Telegraph office at Browning, Mont. Kenneth left Salt Lake City' lata Wednesday night for hi new position. O 0 O O O G a Q tV . a tv a of Grain , During the last two yean he has been messenger boy at the Provo office and at the same time has been receiving Instruction in telegraphy and the office practise of the company. to become The promotion manager and operator tomes in recognition of the exceptional service he has given the company and its patrons and for the eagerness with which he baa always applied himself in learning more of the business. BY FIRE SALT LAKE CITY, April ?3. Utah's historic and ed pleasure resort, Saltalr, was prac tically destroyed by firs which concession stand broke out In on the south side of the pavillion at 2 :25 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Fanned by a vigorous wind, the flumes rapidly; spread to the superstructure and soon consumed the great dance floor, the mammoth roof covering it and left standing bare only the steel beams supporting Coach Alvin Twitchell; whose retirement from the physical education department of the Young- uniwas made public versity department, In Tuesday's Herald, announces that he has accepted a position as assistant coach and instructor in physical education In the Colorado college at Colorado Springs. He will assume his duties in his new field with the beginning of the school year next fall. . . I TwitcheU was.lnstruuii'ntaLiu.jatd irtraildtng; The sninll force of men at the ranging a football game between, the resort aided by volunteers from the Colorado Tigers and the Cougars to Inland Crystal Salt company's plant be played on the Y campus Foundand later men and equipment from ers day, October 16. Coach Twitch-ell'- s association With such a formidthe. SaltLake fire department, struggled "valiantly to check the able opponent will add great Interest " flames, hut 'their efforts against fiTfhat particular gnmer the shifting wind were The lus is estimated at upwards of $250,000, and was covered with as much insurance as was obtainable on the building, which is said to have fallen considerably- - short of that" amount. li is more famous resort- - wilir'l)e rebnlltafr A bearing will be set for an early cording to a statement Issued by officials following a meeting last date before the public utilities commission in the matter of Provo city night'' against the Utah Valley Gas and Coke company for the reduction of raleTc'Earged' at present by the gas company. A complaint signed by Mayor O. K. Hansen has been filed with the commission alleged that the comin a position to serve pany its patrons at reduced rates as a result of a contract entered Into (Special to the Herald) . PAYSON, April 23. The regular with the Columbia Stele corporation Siuuidnoniiily: meeting of the Cultus by which it purchases-ga- s at a lower club was held y'esterday afternoon price than cost. ' " at the home of Mrs. Helen J. .. world-renow- n i SEEK LOWER RATES ON GAS -- CULTUSCL1 HOLDS MEETING AdalStJaay ton 48- - charge. .Current Events were given by Mrs. Minnie W. Douglass. An excellent paper was given by Mrs. Mary M. Curtis'on "American Opera."' Mrs. Parley Butter- worth and Mrs. True C. Dixon were voted in as members. Mrs. Nollie B. Steward sung- - a group of five songs by American' composes . Mrs. Lamb was af the piano. Wills Loveless rendered a violin selection accompanied by Miss Ma'xine Clayton. Plans were completed for the District Federation Convention to be held In Pay son on Saturday, April 25. All present signified- - their in- COMPLETE PROGRAM NOV f Annual Bicycle Races to Jie Held Saturday Forenoon, May 2; Baseball to Be Played in Afternoon. . MANY NEW HOMES i BEING CONSTRUCTED Indications Will Are That 1925 Establish Jlome Building Record - - baa Provo Notwithstanding established an enviable record in building activities in t)H iast and stood foremost among cities of Its. in the intermouiitatn and six Padlfc' coast states In building during the year ltiaiuiOTngnTlEo goes on unabated, according to Building, Iiis)S'ctor Al Loveless. Expenditures for April 1025- - will exceed those of 102 by a good margin, according to Mr. loveless, who dei'lares that the present month's expenditures" will lx upwards oT EIIIER I All I IRUCIIRIf Building Permits for April Will xceed $135,000 Says Building Inspector BOYS' CHORUS CONTEST WEDNESDAY construction University Hill. The month of March 1025 came within $4900 of March! 1924, which was one of the banner months in the While- - more history of Provo-- . money Avas expended in the residential districts last year than will lie devoted to' that type of 4uiM!ng during the present month, still a nunir her of beautiful, modern homes are being constructed at the present time. Among those who are building homes at this time are J. "B. Woflnden, W. H. Olson, Dr. Stanley Clnrk, Leon Roljerts, J. B. Olsen, AnerrTlTckninTrrJoReph'JWrrA dcr, Grant Eggertsen and Tollw & Sons, who are biiiltling three mod" ern residences. AID SEEKER - DU. F li. KHOltT. NOTEDPASTOR USINESSMEN WJBnHeJ:eUsStoro repreneiita-tlv- Robbery Apiealing for aid on the grounds that he was a member of the American Legion and that he Jiad been TOlibeu oi and his American Lot gion card at Thistle by agents of the Denver and Bio Grande railroad company, a man, characterized by railroqd officials as an impnster, re ceived $10 from a member of the Provo chapter of the American: . ' r on-ea- MEN AT OGDEN first-ban- d - ut mttwcH mtrttllanwTinilA'efrTrT"" here to the extent or giving, class InIn prescribing .'a' cure for the violin in struction and the piano, present ills. Dr. Short stands with instruments. Details of such the foremost scholars, statesmen wind a- - course- - tire now nnder c'oiislilerju and thinkers In the idea that, a rc turn to the real spirit of Christian- tlon by the Provo school officials. ity is the great hojie for continued . ' progress. All memlers of the chamber of commerce and all other progrewsive men interested In'the development of our community are invited to be present. 44 POLICEMEN ON WAY TO JAIL (ri'j two AT COLUMBIA it prison-lKiun- ''Boy's day In 'Church" when Rotary speakers will make brief talks at the various ward chapels and churches. r v , SlieakcrS "wffl also visit the various schools of the city on Monday and in rtar evening the boys and the fathers are urged to remain at home. Tuesday will be "Boy's Day in CltiMsnsliIpV' when the boys will be given an insight Into the methods of handling the civic offices of the ' community. Several boy will ' be assigned to moke a first hand ntudy of the city commlssionmeetlngs, the work of the police and the fire departments. The of the city will be packed Wednesday by hoys contests of differetit kinds. The second annual boys' chorus contest for which the Rotary club gives a $50 cash priase,- - will be conducted In 'the high school 'auditorium. . Thursday the boys will be taken the , various industrial through plunts of the city ta ao effort to to them the opportunities in hiKlnesa nd Indnrfrr,' will be nem riiay. May 1. AU of the isiy In the city schools, Including the high, school and the Rotarlans. city officials and t officials will be in the line of march.. Three bands ! :.- will play. . "Boys' Day will be observed Saturday, May 2, With a ' lot of fun Ig store Tor the boys. .The program has been x'changed from former years in that the bicycle races will le held in the morning instead of the afternoon. The annual handicap road race from Provo to Springville and return will be run at 9:30 o'chxk in the nioruliig. The other races will be held on East Center street 1m- mediately fAliowIng the road race, four one mile races will be held for toys of different ages. Entry blanks for all of the-rac-e may lie olrfaiued- at the Meredith Cicycie shop and shoutd not-- , to entered later than Friday, noon, vis-ualt- - fi d -- - . t3 ,: ' FIRST WIFE no-flu- SUESSECOND M. . LA. GIVES cAVEOPer .- FOR VISITORS GOOD PROGRAM SPARKS FROM LIVE WIREs said At Loveless, city building in spector, and a member of the gen eral cleanups committee. "These barns are - very unsightly and have long since served their purpose, and In most instances they contain enough lumber to construct half a dosen garages. In my work as a member of the cleanup committee I have used by. persuasive powers toward the removal of these -- .. CINCIXXATI. O., April 23 The government chartered special coaches today to 9nove policemen and dry agents to the federal penitentiary at Ailantn. The train leaves Monday . and sometime William. D, Kilpatrick, C. S. B., of Tuesday the officers will begin serv IJetnrtt,nienil)eT of the board of ing terms for viola ting sections of they were kttureship 'of, the Mother Church, the constitution which -- rthe First Church of Christ in. Bos- sworts&etend. Others of the 68 Cincinnati of May 1. ton, Mass, will deliver a free lecture ficers who were sentenced in fed In the afternoon baseball gnmes on Christian Science at the Columeral court yesterday following their Will be. played by the city school' bia theater Sunday afternoon pi. as of guilty" will serve terms in -Vanis for the cltv chHiiitif.nRi,in ; o'clock. t Tbe public is cordially Invited Ohio jails and pay small flues, The 44, who drew'federftl prison to attend the lecture free of charge. trms were sentenced to from 1 S months and $2,000 fine to a year and a day and FREE LECTURE f "I can think of nothing that will assist In the "general cleanup move- raent more,than to discard many of the old fashioned barns with gables extending far beyond the skyline of PROVO SCHOOL e of the J. C. Penney Co., will be the gneat of honor and siieaker at the next regular membership luncheon of the' Provo Chnmlier of Commerce, at the Roberts Hotel, April ' ' Music Instruction In Ogden 30 ot 12:30 p. m. There are few lecturers on 'the City Schools is Investigated By School Men American platform with a message so vital and Inspiring as the message vice . presl-th- e Walter Adams, of Ir. Short. His dynamic persondent ofboard of educa-th- e suchis with and long ality, coupled Hon of schools, city cessful exierienee as pastor in some Claude Lewis' and Supt. II. ejtrong churches of the west. Ernest Taxman, were the guests of gives him a commanding point of view-o- f his most timely topic "Re- Walter Robinson, manager of; the Robinson Bros. Music company of ligion in Business." Dr. Short possesses a rare knowl- this city,, on a trip to Ogden Wed: local schoulDfftctals edge of human hFnreand has ren- nesday. The dered most' efficient service in Y. spent the iday observing methods M. C. A." work and college 'admin used in the music department of the istration. His very wide experience Ogden elementary grades and the from his many sided contact with junior high school, nnder the direction of Mark Robinson. They humanity, gives him that information now needed In; deal- were especially attracted by the chorus work and the sight ing with thef progressive move- splendid reading of the Ogden pupils. ment's o business- - and commerce. $10 - He bjk sks straight from the 1 It is. the hope of school officials of Provo to add considerable tn t; mi- i houlder,rieidy---juuLJa,ith- , AN IMPOSTER Alleged Legionnaire Gets - Dr. Francis Burgett Short ot New York. City, educational : IN TEMPLE : BIG BUILDING Legion. Investigation on the part of railroad officials and members- of the sheriffs force, indicate. ,ttiat the transient is not only an iinjmster, Imt a falsifier. Represents t lyes of the railroad company have no Wayne., Okla., April 23.- recollection of meeting any individ(UP)' The dramatic climax in last night's rehearsal of a high 4 ual as described by the 'liji al' Ie-- ' school play here had been reachgiomnrtrwr ;v ed. Officers are making a jmire thor- - "I'm shot," cried young Lesough investigation of the case. lie as he slnmped to the floor. His classmates, sitting as the' The mnSle of the carillon of St audience broke Into applause at Martin's Church,' Groiilngen, Holthe realistic acting of the youth. land, is followed by tbe appearance The applause was hushed sudof a . watchman successively of the balconies facing each point of denly as blood trickled from Lc$t 'lie's side. the compass, who sends out trumKt The youth was' rushed to a hoe strain, reminding 'the sleeping city ' . pital where his ' condition was that "all Is well." critical today. . In some manner the revolver Japan's 1924 , commerce - with had been loaded with a real cartChina showed a heavy gain. Exports amounted to ' 449,201.000 yen as ridge instead of a blank. .;,:,:. agahist imports of 2!?i.012.0(K) ven. . STAKE BOARD : higher positions. ' Go tofit, Kenneth, we are all with you! ,fc TWITCHEL of the I'tah stake M. I. A.- lul)Ilee band last evening In While the showing College HalL was npt as favorable as was expected. Professor Saner reported, It was said Vy those who came that the hour of meeting was such that a great number of interested people PAYBOX, April 23T The mem: could not attend. The next meeting bers of the Uebo stake Relief Sowas set for Saturday evening at ciety board wenTto Baltlae Tues7 in College HaljL .. PJease bring day and in company ; with other ; instruments. boards from the near by stakes they r. It is expected that thef inal mem- went to the temple, to do work for President Clarissa, S. bership of the band will be limited the family-- of to 40 or 50, so it is' probable that William, tney took1 tjil form of ProfessoTauer will select the Tiest showing her honor on hrr birthday The ntembers from players on various instruments. The anniversary. ' great demand at present is for bass, Nebo ' stake presented President baritone and tromltone players, al- Williams withsa iovelybouqu'et of though: there is still room for en- pink roses as a token of love and trants la the other Instruments. best wishes, . COMMITTEES The week beginnino; Sunday will be seven of continual happiness and joy to the boys of Provo. days To them will be focused the attention in one way and another of the citizens each day of the week-.- It will be a week of pleasure and of education, that should stand out most prominently during SALTAIR IS the coming years of the present Provo boy$. - ? , Under the direction of the Provo Rotary club, various WILL ADDRESS activities have been outlined for the purpose of calling attenTO BE TIGER DESTROYED tion to the problems of the boys of the city and to make them acquainted with the things that are going oh in the r-Bcommunity. .yv INSTRUCTOR $136,000, as BIG McAdam and his committee arranging the Boys W. John for the $54,000 against Week program assure, the boys of the time of their lives. same month last year. The present .month's expenditures, however, in- Dr. Francis Bureett Short df Each committee is vieing with the other to make its particular day the most pleasant, entertaining and instructive;-- . J. C. Penney Company is New Structure May Be BuQt Will Brlnjf .His Football Squad clude a permit Issued to the Young university In the sura of $98,000, for C. of C. Speaker Here for Founders' On Foundation of Present The first dar of the week will be the new library building now under Ruins Day Game on About 20 members reported'tt the g The fact that Kenneth to only year of age, ia evidence in Itself that the company officials nave explicit confidence in hi ability and integrity, as It Is not the' general custom to place men as young as that m charge of any office. Kenneth Is known and liked His by everybody in Prove. cheerful manners has made friends for him wherever he went and won him a warm spot In the hearts of aiL 'If he continues to apply himself in his new position as lie ap-- . plied himself w hile, in the Provo office, his success is assured and be will be heard from In t COMING HERE-- J ENJOYS It - . tention of attending the meeting and .. luncheon. first-meetin- O n in -- KIMNS DAMAGES ESTIMATED AT THREE MILLION O PRICE TWO CENTS nn n p " TULSA, OktaH April 23. A tnilt "Tlmpanogos cave is now open for Hnvolving an estate valued at $1,- visitors, and with the carrying onfc I eyesores, and in many iustauces I 000.00 and charging alienation of afof present plana for' the summer ac(Special to The Herald.) ' j believe the owners can see wherein fections of a man now dead was tivities will be able to rare for more I PAYSONT April 23. 4 program visitors this they wlll not onlf be benefitted bqjug tried In district court here toyear than liist," said of exceptional nierlt was presented E. C Shepard, triipen'isor of the .;';''-- ""'' '." ',': by tearing down the old barn, but day. st 'ward chapel Tuesday Wasatch forest,- who Inspected the they all retgnize the fact that Mrs. Anne Overton, "first wife 'of in by so doing they will enhance the Charles It. Overton, is seeking to evening by the M. I. A. of the WTrd cave and held conferences with the ' beauty of the city very much. ; recover the estate-froMrs, Ellen at the regular open session. After committee which has charge of the "1 hope other members oif; the Overton, the second wife. the entertainmontgenerons volun- cave Wednesday. V Mfl. Shepard clean-ti- p committees will use their In 1923 Mrs. 'Annie Overton was tary contribution wasmsde by those said that the lighting system of the influent - toward the removal of granted divorce after she had present for the organization'ti fund cave hod "been improved and thny these for the building of anew roads and truils were even now buildings; which named Miss Ellen Wright as. com " can . never be Improved so as' to respondent. A year later Overton chapeL Jgood eondition.valthough the "Km t look deeenL W There are other, un- married liss ' road was as yet Impassable, . Wright sightly things that must be cleaned 1 Overton died shortly afterwurd . Beggars on Ffifth Avenue,' Broad- Shepard said "that motion jiicfe' out, but: I can think of none more and his win bequeathed all but one way, and other chopping thorough- - of the inside of the cave bud Important than to relegate tho old fourth of his estate- to his second fares of New York City often collect taken by the Fox Film compniv narn.- would soon be shows in Salt 1 wife, $50 a day. , . -- the-Fir- '7 t , 1 . |