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Show - '. -it ---- . - The Deseret , . , Net's' - . , . ' - - - -- , -- . 1 I - - ,. . ",, ?. , , . - - '!' , i - ' ' - ' - - ' began.Pigeons emerged from the belfry as the ) clanging .began. They had made a home of the tower. The high windows in the schoolhouse provided good light " for pupils. The clauroom was heated by a large stove, with "yards and:yards of stove pipet A two-inc- h ledge around the middle of the stove provided a place for children tobake ap-pies during recess. Desks had drop lids, permitting children to keep books and other belongings in them. The . lid when lifted, also made a convenient screen for a, girl to eat an apple or read a note from a boy during school houre There was no home work, ac- 'cording to Mrs. Spencer. Lessons were studied while other classes were reciting. Youngest children learned from charts,' while older ones used slates. Each Friday afternoon provided a special program at school. There were spelling bees, organ ' music, singing, and pupil speechs. A school weekly paper was prepared. It included contributions by pupils. - , school convened from I oAn. to 4 p.m. There was an hour for relunch and a twenty-minu- te cess in morning and afternoon. ' , established in the name of the Church." . As soon as possible the 1missionary" reported for duty and asked for instructions. The interview was brief and lo the point He was to "Teach nothing, do nothing, without the Spirit of God.. Missionary Prepared Karl G. Maeser's rebuffs and trials as a missionary In Europe had undoubtedly prepared him to withstand the discouragement& which he endured during the infancy of the academy. His faith in the succeu of the undertaking was bolstered by his belief that the school was. as he later stated, "The Lord's planting." President Young died two years after the founding of the He had intended to academy. endow the school, but had car- ried this only as far as to pur- chase the old Lewis mercantile building when he flied. Thus it remained necessary for the sup- Port of the faculty, to depend upon tuition, often in the form of cabbages and other farm pro- duce. Supplies for laboratories and reference books were tre., fluently solicited from friendly , , , all - , t . -- - ' - - ' - A- - newspaper picture he saw when he was a boy led to the coming of a German teacher to Utah. where he became one of ' the outstanding educators of the West. man vas Karl G. Maeser, first president of Brigham Young University. When Karl G. Maeser was a boy he saw a newspaper illus-tration relating to Mormonism ., vhich made a lasting Impression him. When be was about 27. Saints elders three Latter-da- y to the region. and " the young teacher invited them to home. Shortly after hearing their message, be was baptized. - - , , , , : ; . 3 i ,. , ear, f , ti - .. , , -- .,,,, te : e 41 ' 's i , ''', ..... ,,,,, , , ,,,, ; - , . , - . ..,..., , . ....,... ,,.. ''''' ' ' '''' - . ,,' .:. . . - , -.- . , . ' .4 i , ,, -- - 4 1 -- , , , ,.. - ., ''' . r' r- '''''''.,,,a , 1... -, - ..,- . - , ''- ' - - - . 4 -' ,e,to-- - - -- s ' t i- t- .. . ' 1' . - . - -. - , .., t '' . . , - , ,- - - , , ' , ' '' 4 ' ' -.0 ,-- , 4 3 ' - , - , , , ' ' '' ' ' ' . -, ,i , , .,- - , ''''' s , , ' . , - ,... , ; - - ,- , ,, , o" ''',':--- i '" ' 1 - '.- .,,, , i events. fair crops, livestock and i: -- - ,- . 144 - 00.i ttt t- o , 14 ,t - ," , ar , ' i . , '.. trIa. ... t ta .. s - '.. - 4 a ,....-- .. z - ; , vier . '' ., ( gi - s , ,.., ....., L'e - - ''' ,.. 1 ' .; .. '-- ' s',A ", , ''' .,..,-, 1 - ', r t ' i ' ., --- ' ..-,- . , -- ' ',- -- .., ... , . f . .- ,' ..0. - This year's events will be tied oround the Centennial. The supply U. S. Navy's . r ' : ' ts0' .,, 1 '''''' 94".'' I''s , , '' 10 per cent of the deis total the - ., 5 n -- --- - :- N' . - S , , , 1' ,I. ,,. 1 , ,,, , , 1" - ' , ... - - -- , .. , ,, ,, '',... e -!- ,.I , , . ,.. , ;, , our in July,' 1859, , , ' - ., ,, '' . : - ,, ' , :- ,' - ' ., ' ' ' '' , ,' , , 4 ' In- . . , - ,, , - , - -- . l ' .,. E. , ' 1 1 ' -- t , 1 . i I , ' - - ' - '. 1 ' f.- - t . ' ' .: t f ' . '; . 4 ',.. A',- , ', ,..., ..... . - , - .. t ' t " ' ,,,711rytt, $ , VIM. ' - ' '' t I .' - '..."'10: .It " ' t ' Ai , 111 ,.. 1..... 'I' . , 44 4 z , ,,, IlfUtt - - , - '' - , , . 1 t 1 , - , , ; , - - , , - - -.- - ' - The supply depot cannot dwarf the impor- fence of fruit growing to Clearfield. The ores is one of the leading producers in state. - -. - -- -- ----- , , s ' - - , ' - - , , . , ,, .t.,,,i,.' k, ,- sqt: , ,,. , .- ... ttl,..46,,,-t--4 , , ' , , ,,, ..i:,,,,, kg . ,A;ak ,,,,to,,gatt" ..4. sot ' , ' , ' . 4 t , - - , , -, - . ,, - . ' , - - I--- I , , ....-- - , . - - , -, '',.., .. - headquarters for several ' Jorge sheep outfits. Previous to ' merica's entry World War I; the quantity of long fiber wool iinto 1i . . --- . .' , - - . 1 sheep business, hod a p herd of 600. In those days, women sheared the sheep for 4 cents a heed. Wool brought 612 cents a pound, a sheep sheered only three to six pounds. More recently (1908), the Fountain ,Green Woolgrowers Association was organized. This association set up the World War "Jericho Fool," geoid 1 to-o- - , largest fin. wool pool in the world, and controlled telling wool token from 100,000 sheep , at the Jericho corrals in Tintic Valley, Jamb County. , Today's residents rely principally on sheep for a living.. . - - . . 4 , Adv. everito . . - , - . - - ,. ... i . t - ( . " foolatabt Groot - , , tale Green. - , , . . : 4 , - ' , - -- . I I ' at ante-Ipreduced Green sheepmen made the town one of the wealthiest per capita in the United States., Many sheep outfit ' owners living "i-in ,. other cities of, 4hot state, trace their starts back to Pun,- I I-- '"'''.'''''t - 1 Largely a livestock center, FountainGreen is still i I -- , L................... - City- - - - - -- ., , tour- - . . Citf..".!:tt,: I ,,' 1 44,4 41,4.to.atot. , Ai , .e.,,,,14.,,sit,kAk.t - , , Ciallold '.. , . . - - 3 -- - Courielly ..1 1 1 The people hove not forgotten 1114111CItiell la evitienced by this super structure, the North Davis Junior High School, erected at Clearfield. , . ..., Adv. 1. , ! - , . - ' to , 4' t 4 - - Municipal hall stands out on a wide, clean Main Streit. Trucks usually outnumber 1 ins cars along the businass district. ,.- - - - , itill! jltClintit , ., , , - ,, , -- , - Residents in 1380 , , . . . ' ' ...- , , - .I , - , . - , - s, .4 ' I - ...it 4 , , , , , , - ,. - s , 1 .,,. ."1 '''''''' ,0 ' ' ' 1 - - , ,4 ,,,, , --,-dr,----r- , . , ," , ' '''',; , ' , 1 4 . beautiful a . . ,::',,' ,. . .. , , ' , ., - , , ,4 , ..110 : N . ,,... - - (then coned that. Springs) 4 was a popular stopping over spot for trovelert between ' . . ng , , . -- - t I ,ed.., costwo, gaapetw Calmly In . - I 0. epic-maki- ' Water lines. I li , . - ----- - - tio 1 I - , storage space world, omployed 8,000 during war. - It covers 840 acres, has 67 storehouses, , . 124.- other buildings; 41 Miles of roil. road, 24 miles of roadway, 21 miles of . 3 i There wM be a three-da- y celebration, Aug. fair Pogeontsk parades, exhibits, kOrsepulling events and horse races will be featured. NI the history of the Indian wan, the Pioneers' fight against the long winters, and ether events-- will countythe be portrayed in parades and pageants. . ' ' ,- , , .,. ...,...., 74"1- - - A , - --, .., . , ,, , ,,.7! k 4, -- . , , , , ,, . ,, '"4; - , .... - , . , ,,,, ,s. .. , , . , their town Fountain Green. "".. , - i ''' ; 1 .,. , . i , 1 ', , , - , I 'k i'" , ,04 1,1, . . v....., .. ' , ' , wavy . -- , ' ' , . - - , en....-.........- 4-- , , ,,, , ' , -. . , 1 -- - - - , , ,,s, - 4, ' - -- -' tr.... - , . , , , .., bull, $40; farming tools, $10; in an valued $156,765." - At, Monti, the county has a fairgrounds where horse racing is featured during "fair days" each year. On exhibit in other parts of the grounds are , 1 1 horses, valued $115,000; $500; four cows, $120; ono ! - 4,2 4 '' ' ..' 'o, '' .1, , ',..,,t,.. , , .0- 1, , , ; It . -- ,- ;. ,,r4 , - , . .,.' , . Letter-da- y gether with all material and timber on the sante, valued it - ' - , grass meadow and seftlers named , - 1 I ' ,; . - , - , s. - ,' , Church of Jesus Saints," turned over ell the' land "to- - - Salt Lake and Monti. Woe; from the springs spread - , -- , - , , . IL." Ft ; lt , oval. t ,, IC , ' ' , . , - , L- 1 $ , , ' ,,, , -, . , --" -, ' ', - Pt n 0 '- ' ' '''''' - , , ,,t, ,t , , - . i- . - , - - - '- - ' ''''''''''''' ,:,. 0 ,1 , ,, - , "surveyors' and they had to walk beck to Monti.- Before that time, the site , , , ,. - , , -, , - Is ' ,, - - " . . , - , , I -- - . ,. -.. - 1 k diens stole the horses of the ; , , ., Christ of , goodwill-whic- forth. have v , "''1 ,, , -- .140 .. . . ': ,,,,,,,...,---...,--...,-- ' , - - , ed - , .10,...........-,,,,,-,....- , ' , , -- --. ' , ' .0 '"' -- , - . .,.. , ,-, , , k-- - . is ,, , - ' ,e. - , While the present site of , Fountain Green was "chain. , r ',. iii, ,). . , , ... , , - ' - . followingthoteyeark.of..int lion of tho - , , s , :.' . , ,.. - - . , - , b, greert. ,, - i- - , $ . , 0121114in , , ' , ' dian trouble. The deed, executed 'for end in consider. , - , , , , .. ,, ,.,. ,, - ''., , ' , .',..,:' , - ''"-- -- , - . , - - 4- - - - - - , mon peopk (January, 1855) , ,,.., - , Mon- Indians, dettiod Hi. entire - county of Sanpete to the Mar. - - , , , , ' resienias ..! - , ,...,...... , ' - Son-pe- ts ti whkh tens the story of how Aropoon, chiof of tiro Sonpeto . , , , , - , , . . at County Building ,i -- - 4, . , , marker hi tho is o - - , , , , t , ,. - ., ... - , , - ,.. I, , ' , This city has hod story book '', ' ', .'".,, . ., , , ,' growth. Population, 1053, -- t k ; ; 1940; ,5000, 1947. The phenomenal growth Is due , . - , ' to its proximity to the hug.-- -or'. , ? ,, 4 t FL naval base, built at a cost ..,- 4.' nd of $25,489,483.72, , ... ., now maintained as a pop. . ; ,.1,' minent peacetime supply , ,, base. ecity administration . , h now ditching up with the . i with new ,.. car, police growth, 1 fire quipment.and brand e ., now garbage systom. As--, , otik. , ' p ,.., N. seised valuation of im, , ', I '''' . ' ''''s 's ,,,,..-.provements grew from V ,', , '1 $257,440 in 1942 to $858,..., 165 in 1946. The total es-- ' i valuation has tumid in. , , - , creased from $1,166,988 in -1942 to - $2,243,849 - hi 1946. , , .. . . , ''' ,",- , 1- - . , , There , i - suff ; , ' - . , ' , , I , --: 4 , 4 -..- - ' . ,.. - ' , ar , , . ': .. , ' , - '' - ' , ad-w- ere . s N , , ,.. , s ' , - , ,, ,, ' ' . - , ............,,. , . , IP .., s., , ' ' '' , , , , ..........-1 . - . , ' on .. , - -... ,. , . . - -, , -- -, -- ' - ed. , - ', --- -- ' , , '. , . , --- , , - t . is the building will& provided Brigham Young University its first home.. The first principal ef the Institution was 'Dr. sari G.. Mauer1 a masterful teacher wile joined Char& in bis native Germany. saw lite beginning of class or- - was erected through aid of the of regular nearby stakes in 1904; and in ganizations and school periodicals which have 1911 the Alumni Association A collegiate depart- - sented the Maeser Memorial, a ment a Beaver, Utah, branch. $112,000 building. academic degrees. and a summer The major call for education school to accommodate teachers the early Brimhall also a. product of this during ministration was from prospecPeriod- With outstanding figures tive teachers in the such at Senator Smoot. George grades. By 1921, elementary when Dr. Sutherland, apostles. stake press. Franklin S. Harris became prest., dents, and many other leaders as dent there was a Strong de loyal boosters, the worth of the mend for four-yecollege school was seen to be far in es- - courses and graduate courses. cess of its meager budget the institution entirely Friends built the College Build- - Turing on the college level and seeur- . , 1898, and the training 1 i a place on accredited college acgool int were building in. 11102.. con.. the among major Early in the administration of tributions of President Harris; President George H. Brimhall, although. in so doing, he almost who succeeded the completely reorganized In 1903, the Church auumed 1- method of by innancial responsibility for the troducingt administration as the colleges wrka academy, but the art building ing unit. Ile also much larger proportion of the faculty to secure hicher degrees. ' , , , Several new buildings became , , ,. necessary to accommodate an , Increased enrollment of students ; , of a college grade. Some of , these were; the Heber J. Grant , ' :... Library, the Brimhall Memorial, and the beautiful Joseph Smith 4 0.40 , Memorial. Numerous improve- , ments on the campus were made. ' The , and off- -- I were research facilities campus l. . ,,,,,, , 1,, also instituted. . Present lintellment 5000 n The enrollment, when Presi' ' t '- - .', dent Howard S. McDonald asi sumed his duties in 1945, was , .,..., , - ,. . suffering from the war, but dur, t' , , ing the present year it has passed 5000. This is far beyond the ' ..",' designed capacity of the build, ings. A considerable amount of his attention has had to be de:46... voted to, seeing that classrooms, offices, and housing units were improvised tmtil the new million-dollar science building and ,, other permanent buildings can DR. KARL G. MAESZR, be provided. , , 4 ,,, . , . ,,, t , , ' ...,,...w...,,2,, FIRST HOMZ OF BTUShows best ,..?PoiwiR - - - " ' '- -' ' ' - ' . , , ' .,- , ' ' ,,.., Fire Destroys tending - - After eight heroic struggle to keep the school ilia, came the disastrous fire of Jan. uan, 24, 1884. It consumed the building. destroyed most of the reCO a, and let the academy witho home or pmperty, It did of, h, ever, dampen the ardor who declared, G. bMauer, "The urned, but the spirit of the school lives." For only one day were the students idle before school was resumedfirst in the basement of the Stake Tabernacle, then in a vacant store, a bank build-T- he tnt, and finally into the upper story of the old Z. C. M. L ware- house, where it remained for seven years. Karl G. Maeser retired from the institution just as the new building came into use, and Ben-upjamin Cluff took charge. His was an administration of span-casion in the field of scholarship to meet the growing need for ad-h- is vaneed training. The Cluff administration also News Picture Brought Great Teacher to Utah - to, townsmen- - mutyaNNIAL-041- .... -16- 47-rtAa , -- , ' o ';'-. , 3 i---i 1 - ' ' ' , ''' t A 7- , - , :-- - - ''' , . . ... . , . r '., ''. ' , ' - , , ,, - , Centennial Eaition - ,, . ,..,...,......-,...,..,,,-...........,- , , - , 0: ,' ' 7 - u ,,,..,,,;,,.,......... , i, - .:', - , 2..,. . , , . , ... C()unit,' unpele , : ' ' --, . , One of the earliest sellools In I fl$11.4,, By X. L Butt .,,P.10.,.,,,,,s,,,,T 1 ,., P.4"10.1. f,.. i,,,, ,. p- pirt.,,,, .t.,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,p,o,....,01,t ' Utah was President trigham , . The Brighant Young Univer- !,, ' ' , ' Yotmg's near the famous Eagle sity began as a mission for '', ''' .' , ''.. ....,.' ' Gate. 7 but worthy German eon- . 4,., . . , ', The schoolhouse, however, was poor, ' ' 1 - 1 . , Karl G. Maeser. .,. -- . -older than the famous wood ven, - ' ' F' -, ' ' ' ' President Young called to him ', ' carved eagle. Of adobe it was one ,1,.. ; and ..1.'Y'.' "Brother said, day, , 1 erected about 1852, seven years Maeser, - 1, ' ....., , ', I have another mission - ' i 7 : , i "",, - before Eagle Gate was comple- for you. We have been consider'' 0 1 , ; : . i t , i. . ' 1 .,,,,,, 'T , , s., 4 PI t---the establishment of a Church I i ' , 'i One of President Young's ing '' " - 0., 'N b,' saw', and have been looking ,I " ' '' daughters, Clarissa Y. Spencer, around for a manthe man to , : ": ' I : 'in 1932 described the school. take charge. You are the man, - - - I ' t , , ' . 4 Each morning its large bell rang Brother Maeser. We want you i, ' , ,. '' t f ....,.., a warning at 8:45 o'clock, and to go to Provo, Ahem-t', v' ', ' '' organize 1.''''" " sounded again -at 9 cm., when and conduct an academy to be f often school , ,,,, , . - ,, 1047 e Tr buts First School To Spirit of Pioneers -- 24' ITILly, ' a- , 0 - , -- - - 1847 . y . , , . 7 BY-Universit- MadA,MbWmPOIMIIINIMENNOMIN , - . . . 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