Show PROVO LETTER PROVO J jan a n 16 the quarterly conference of utah stake of zion was a on sunday afternoon saturday forenoon was mainly devoted to the hearing bearing of reports report of elder david john abd ward bishops tiie tie reports were of a very encouraging nature the greater portion of the virter afternoon noon was occupied by elder F M lyman he dwelt at some length on the great responsibility of the office of a bishop and further spoke of the completion of the salt lake temple which was a great work for the saints to perform but not nearly so great as one which remained for them themy yet y to perform the preparation of their heart that they might be worthy to enter the temple on sunday morning the general and stake author authorities lUes of the church were sustained elder edward partridge of provo formerly a member of the stake high hiffa council was sustained as second counselor to in the stake presidency vice H H cluff resigned elder abel john evana of lehi lebi was called to fill the vacancy thus created in the hin high council and WN sustained io in that position elder abraham H cannon thought that god was so or ering things as to bring about a greater degree of love iove arid and confidence among the people the united order would be the final result rne failures of the past in this regard should be but warnings for the future the many advantages to be derived from the united order were referred to elder seymour B young was wag the principal speaker of the afternoon the sacrament and the necessity of par taking of it with pure hearts was first dwelt upon the attendance nonattendance non of the youth of zion at meetings was referred to 0 o and the growing habit among the saints of card playing was strongly condemned elder A 0 smoot made a few olon oloa ing remarks he once more urged upon the sains the necessity ot of a united action on their part to complete the tabernacle without mortgaging 9 dinst it also to IQ place the brigham young academy on a firm footing the editors of local newspapers were strongly condemned for their uncalled for attacks upon their brethren more especially in a political sense THE ASYLUM ALUM W B R pike medical superintendent of the territorial insane asylum has submitted the eighth annual ro re port the following is culled on november 1891 there were in the institution patients 81 males and 72 females admitted during the year 48 43 males 27 females 16 discharged during the year 21 males 10 females 11 died during the year 12 males 7 a 6 5 remaining in the asylum november 1892 males 91 females 72 the average cost of care and treatment per capita per diem was a fraction over 62 cents a slight increase over the previous year due to unavoidable chanies changes the actual cash expenditures for current expenses of the year have been including however an item of incurred for several matters of construction the general health of the patients for the past year has been fair no epidemic and no particular or special form of siek nesta excepting uch as are incidental to people suffer ing from such various forms oi 01 mental diseases it may be expected for the future that with the bettered conditions condi tlona surroundings and facilities for care and treatment the percentage of recoveries will steadily increase inore aee and the death rate as steadily decline for the year past an average of 23 per cent ot of the male patients have been employed in some form of work on the wards farm grounds etc and 88 per cent of the females at sow sew ing knitting ward kitchen work etc the farm and dairy have been fairly productive although some portions of the farm and garden crops have ben been partial failures gotab notably y potatoes NOTES is the name of a peculiar pec uliar machine received by havercamp dark clark from chicago in appearance bearance pe arance aranco it somewhat resembles a typewriter it Is was i vented by a chicago man in 1887 and to ig guaranteed to make mathematical calculations of any description it is operated operate J by a keyboard and the result appears along a row of small figures at the lower end problems in addition are performed very rapidly aad easily no matter how extensive but its opera operation tiou for more ad advanced problems require some study the machine is in use in government and business offices in the east but mr havercamp thinks theirs is the first in this territory A special Y L M I 1 A normal training class clan was wa commenced this morning at the B Y academy john devy is in in correspondence with several eastern astern arms concerning the sale of onyx from his bis quarry at pelican point un on the southern shore of utah lake andrew Bur burkley klay of provo prove and may harrison Harri ion of Spring springville ville have been lice licensed need to wed wd the B Y academy choral society je is making excellent progress pitovao jan 17 at the session ot of the city council hold held last night the following of business were con dered si i john kemp jr superintendent of the salt lake gas works asked for a gas franchise for provo city RW be berred to the committee on judiciary on resola resolution i ion of mr malben mal ben the gas franchise of st V lesieur and J H rj van horn was forfeit ail they having tailed failed to comply with wilh the requirements of the franchise by not buting in a plant within the stated slated time selby jones ou pert at of water works reported that service pipes had been laid during the past year etc report accepted provisions were made for the grad indof the crossings in the vicinity of the B Y academy and the placing of an electric light at the I 1 intersection of twelfth and J streets the B Y academy corner THE JORDAN DAM the owners of land on the shores of utah lake held bold a meeting yesterday afternoon the following officers were elected for the a suing year chair man BK Bullock ot of brov secretary andrew anu sen ben of provo commissioners sio ners daniel W thomas of lehi and W H wilson of lake barre con sider sid erable sible dik dissatisfaction satisfaction was waa ex pressed expressed with the action of salt lake county in cla damming mining completely with the exception of a little seepage the waters of the dordai river contrary it was claimed to the provisions of the agreement entered into by those interest of the two coun counties tieL 1 parties from the southern shores of the lake reported that they bad been damaged thousands of dollars during the p st at season by the waters of the lake being allowed to rise above the compromise point A vote was taken to support the commis loners elected in enforcing the provisions ot of the contract the prevailing spirit of the meeting was wag that the plank the jordan dam should be torn nut it is in probable some action will be taken this week at the meeting of the ladies worlds world s a pair fair association for utah county held yesterday it was reported that goshen had in course of preparation a handsome silk bilk banner for wall decoration toe provi ladies are preparing a rumler of beautiful poi tiers we had bad a delightful fall of snow in utah valley yesterday yeat erday but the tha thaw ausy is IB rapilly taking it off again |