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Show & X, ?' Weather Forecast irir Cloudy .with local rain this afternoon or tonight; Sunday generally fair. NUMBER-121- - PROVOCIXyUTAIlr-SATURDAY)FEBRUARY110rl9- Open Early DOG OFF FOR BABY The Experience Gained Year To Avoid Paying Fare for Ago Will be of Value to the She - Brute the Caljed it Baby Chief Future in-th- e but -- -- r , at 4 -- -- fheymay evirpesevere damage While others m vbe located at ex- ,, . -- DENVER, Feb. 9. Feminine resourcefulness was aptly demonstrated last night on a Thirteenth avenue car, ,when a Capitol hill matron, to avoid paying a double fare for her dogmas per the new Tramway rules, palmed the canine -off as a baby. The womau accompanied by her daughter and & friend boarded the car at Detroit street. Huddled close to her breast, and "wrapped in a heavy blanket, she carried the dog, which," had not subsequent developments revealed the - true nature of things, would easily have passed for a baby.--In fact, the woman daughter endeavored to give the impression that it was a baby. I am going to sit in the rear of the car, said the daughters friend. But mother cant sit outside with the baby, remonstrated the Let us go inside. daughter. - The trio accordingly took seats in the forward part of the car. All went well until the .car reached Tremont street where the trio signaled to stop. Just as the mother stepped to the street the dog gave a yelp and leaped from her arms, carrying" with him the blanket. The canine extricated himself from the iolds of the blanket "and proceeded to jump- - about, --giving expression to yelps of joy at his liberation. A flush of mortification spread over- - the .features of the Capitol hill matron w hen she saw that her scheme had been exposed. The conductor looked nonpulsed for a moment, then joined in the general laugh. Can was his -- -- ... the-cond- uctor you-beat-atl- only comment. ite. .. B.Y.U. STUDENTS gerous temperatures pre ail for a not Where to Fire Every fruit grower shouhlhave at least ofte thermometer to"every two acres. lie should also these thermometers a ndTead them systematically so that he WtlFk nowl n gen eral the--e oldest hi orchard. Knowing spot-in this he will know just where to ex-po- -- ! withC. K. Many Improvements Corey, -- nty up-to-da- te and-Ma- nual Education. In addition to these regular coursed special lecturers have ben engaged for the purpose of carrying ou a lecture course. This "announcement .will certainly be good news to many of the students the -- University who are looking forward for early graduation from high school or college and to those who for various reasons, have back work- to make, upland- to the teahiiers of the state .wljo are desirous of getting in toqch with the latest information in these various lines. Tn the eourse of a few days a bulletin giving full information concerning the summer semester work will he issued by the Univer-- . - -- - sity. THEiPROVO HERALD- - -- - . . Prof. A, X. Merrill has just p house-keepe- rs -- g. herds-o- f best-Jcrse- y- Although Republican leaders said today that it was too early to talk about the plans of campaign after the Chicago convention, many friends of MeKinley were of the- - opinion that if President Taft is renominated Mr. McKinley will be his" choice Tor chairmanof the national committee. Republican Mr. McKinley probably" wTould be e acceptable to all' the party leaders'. Some "of these leaders have objected toTostmas-- , ter Hitchcock and Secretary to the President Hilles, both prominold-lin- ently mentioned heretofore national chairman. for Utah: familiar matter. This was a repitition, however, of a- single sentence which Included the proper placing of the paper in ; the machine so that it was absolutely straight and so that both margins wereexaetly the - same, - Mr. Blaisdell gave a short talk tothe students in which he stated that accuracy was the foundation ypon which rested -- the championship. The University teachers, as well as . the Students,, were highly pleased with Mr7 Blaisdells demonstration. - - . II. O. Blaisdell began Ms career at a Mgfit school In Chicago a few years ago, takinga cousre in shorthand and touch typewriting, grnduating at the age of 16 years. "He then secured a position ih that city as stenog-raphestenoand practiced graphy four years. - resigning from his position at that time to enter the employ of the Underwood Typewriter Company, to take up speed typewriting.-'- Entering j typewriting - speed contents for the first time atthe Business Show in 1906 at Chicago, Mr. Blaisdell won first, second and third places respectively, in the three different events 'which he entered. It was his good shewing in these events that attracted general-attention- , and resulted in his employment ' by the - 1 - six-mon- ths WYOMING THINKS , THAT IT. HAS HAD AN EARTHQUAKE arr- ived from Logan, where he went lecture at the FarmCHANGES HANDS to deliver ers Round-ufit the Utah Agricultural College. . He reports that he enjoyed this trip.-- This ImporLester G. Baker and J. David tant movement of the Agricultural College has for its purpose the Larson Will Retire From gathering of the farmers and Local Field. of the state for a couple of weeks in order that they may get in touch with the latest 1 . The Provo Herald has again methodpf their respective lines " deal of work. passed into new hands.-T- he The in Agriculture for course was consummated Thursday Grade Teachers offered for the I. of when IL Masters, morning first time this S. and of IL. . Woods, year, has, proven to Bingham, bsJhe Course, that, was deured. by the new owners will take active many of the young men and women .of the University-who-hav- e possession next Monday-morninMr. Masters has for some time as their object teaching in the past published the Press Bulletin grade schools qf the state.' of Bingham Canyon, - while Mr. The class in Animal Husbandry Woods is the- - publisher of the - spent last Tuesday in Uintah Land. visiting the A. of herd 0. Smoot, Mr, was last' the Herald dairy year Early the receivers hands This herd is Kaid to"he" one of the plaeed-it- r and purchased- - at- - public-aucti- on CLAIM BIG VICFOOy -- -- tor the world. manager of the Salt LakeJbraneh Have Been Made of the Underwood Typewriter Comjianjv were Jn Provo yesterday, where. M?. Blaisdell gave a number of demonstrations of his The State Institution Ranks ability on the typewriter. t The High; Four Hundred and-Twechampion carries with him an Underwood typewriter, and in the Five Patients The students and teachers - of WASHINGTON, Feb. .9. Presithe Brigham Young University dent Taft will have 780 votes out have been looking forward to thp of the total of 1,(376 on the first time, when the University would ballot at the Chicago convention, H. 0. BLAISDELL establish a summer semester. At or 241 more than the majority Worlds Champion Typist. a recent meeting of the Board of necessary for nomination, accordTrustees the establishment of such ing to Representative William Mc- office of The Post he gave a demonstration wherein he wrote 111 a semester was ordered. This efof Illinois, C. D. Hilles, words of unfamiliar matter in ofie fort on the part of the University Kinley is in response to the demands that secretary to, the President, and minute and J45 words of familiar of Massa- matter in one minute. As a dem have' been made for summer work (Senator Murray Crane ' chusetts.onstratiori. of his, physical and by the students ef the University The three held a conference to- mental ability .he took an average and the teachers of the state. To day, jsvhieh practically was the sized word and wrote it 160 times . the meer't'he''requtremfnt9"-of,-tthg "Taft ' campaign. in one minute--- hleh fi gnre- - show school a strong faculty has been opeirihgrof The figures were reached after a that he made an average of 13 engaged and arrangements have careful canvass of the country, it strokes per second during the been made for the carrying" on of was said. minute he was writing this word. an summer scfiool. Mr. McKinley took up his "new t At the "Brigham Young Univer Courses will be offered in Theoduties as manager of the Taft sity he gave a demonstration be Sology, Education, Psychology, campaign today. Quarters for he fore the students of typewriting, ciology, History, Economics,' Phy- Taft boomers have not been se- in which he wrote 147 words in sics, Mathematics, English Music, but within a few days Mr. one minute of unfamiliar 'matter cured, Agriculture, Art McKinley expects to open offices. and 228 words in one minute of Training,. Business and Physical by Lester G. Baker, Who later entered Intoa part n ershipwi th j. Steps Tiavelmen taken to place David Larson, the former pro- - in -- the Farm Machinery Exhibit room of the- - University the4atest .:yatch,- -J t he re should firsU light until the improved machinery It1 is hoped the fires if it t becomes necessary. published time. ,paper These gentlemen that in the near future that , thee When he is firing he should ex- present will now retire from newspaper students will have an opportunity pose some., thermometers , inside work in this city, while their suc- of seeing some of the latest im4unlaome-outsid- v the heated zone ; cessors" will continue to publish proved machinery for farm opera tions that is sold in'Utah. the Herald. (Continued On Page Four;) -- If. O. Blaisdclt, champion typist Brigham Young University They Predict That the Presi Soon to Announcs Its dent Will Win on the -Summer Course. First Ballot. -- " short "time in the morning, - much harm will he done. of U' Dog Yelped i posed places, and suffer considerable lossn This 'condition being recognizecVit behooves the fruit grower to bei to a certain extent, bis own observer.' lie must first the Weather a find out from Bureau the probability of frost in his district, and if the condition - is for frost, then he must watch thermometers exposed in his own place whieh- - tell him when it is time to heat. In general one should begin to fire when the temperature reaches 34 or 32 deg, if he is pretty well assured that the temperature will fall lower during the remainder of the night, and if Ability on Typewriter. FHE FRIENDS OF TAFT FOR Alfred IP Thiessen, chief of the IV S. Weather Bureau for Utah, came to Provo yesterday to prepare for the advanced work in fighting frost' during the spring. Mr. Thiessen is now getting a good lineup on conditions in this county. He states that the bu- feau will establish headquarters curly in the season in order to be prepared for the frost should it threaten the fruit crop again. In an interview with a representative of The Post- - yesterday Mr, Thiessen gave the following information : There is no interest in Utah that -- can he better served tharican 'the fruit -- interest by the Weather -- Bureau, and this by means of its frost forecasts in spring. It is the frequent frosts in spring that are a threat to the - fruit interest, but these facts are by no means generally destructive. A careful .study of , the weather conditions at Provo in the past does not disclose a condition which is one that can not he successfully combated by orchard heaters. The orchard heatermayappeal to some as a very crude means of is, the attacking frost;-thwhen heatsjdl outdoors Iris fruit to he only wishes protect best is the heater the Bat "Imdsr all and this at know time," 'we -- should umpkty-th- e means at hand instead of laying hack waiting for better things m the future while their fruit is being damaged. The Forecasts.'" The forecasts which the Weather Bureau issues in the spring can only apply to individual orchards in a general way. The conditions, in ,geneal. may be conducive to frost, hut "some orchards may be so advantageously situated ,that Gives Demonshould OlBlaisdell of stration His -- Bureau Will 'i c M VISITS PROVO The Post fs m receipt of a eotrr-- i that Supports you. nrunieation from Manager Fred Utah County Turner of the Uuele Sam Cleanser plejri the above words to- he a permit Company in which he expresses a hut them be let of import to myth' great deal of satisfaction at the manner in which the merchants everybody and let it be truly said of Provo have showed their loyal f one and all that we put forth in supporting home industries. onr Vest efforts 1 o support the ty Now that the manufacturers hae state that supports us. While Mr, Turner was in Provo spent Considerable money in bring at the beginning of the Industrial ing their products here for the of the public,, the. iner--. show .he was taken dow n- - w it h a chants have in turn responded severe attack of gallstones and most liberally in their purchase, after considerable apprehension and it is up to the people of Provo on tlie part of liis family medical to show' whether or not they are aid was summoned and ho slowly .in sympathy with the slogans of iinproxed until yesterday, ' when the day, Utah work for Utah he was taken to his home in Salt men, and Support the State Lake City. j Jr ? i CHAMPION TYPIST -- The Weather Bureau is Better Pre 1 pared to Assist in Fighting Frosty Than it Has Been in the Past i VOLUME 4 12- Support the State That Supports You ALFRED fl. THIESSEN GIVES GOOD t.u rj Reports From Big Ranches Near Laramie Tell of Shock Denver Seismograph Failed to Record It. LARAMJE, Wyo., Feb. 8. At King brothers ranch, 12 miles northeast of here, a distinct earth shock was felt about 9 ;02 p. m., and at the Home ranch, 22 miles out, the shock was more- - severe, roeking buildings, rattling 'dishes and Rearing a negro cook out of his wits. - In Jhe city-th- e only noticeable effect waten neasi n ess .manifested -- hy ologv-w- Trent Under-wood-Co- paoy-- -- year-lat- er - as- - ui a The members of the State Mental Hospital board came to Provo yesterday and held a meeting at the state institution, where they went into the affairs of that place and found conditions to be very satisfactory. Many improvements have been made during the last two or three months for the benefit of those placed in the care of tlfe state, and the hospital now ranks very high on the point of efficiency, as the wards have been and other repairs and improvements have, been made. In his report to the board, Superintendent D. II. Calder gave the following summary: dumber of patients December 31, 1911 : Male, 228 ; female, 197 ; total,1 425. number of patients admitted during January, 7 men and 3 women; total, 10 p number patients under care of treatment, 235 men and 200 women, total 435 ; number of patients discharged, 5 futirVi r-- t lauv f ' 8 Patients miiamng in hospital Jan 31, 1912, 230 taen, 197 ' women, total 427 j number of feeble minded in Jhe hospital Jan. 31, 1912, 3 1 6 men and 11 women, total 17; total number hi the hospital Jan. 31, 236 men and 208 - woran p- total, 444. The appropriations for the month - r ji of January: J Salary, $2662; cur- rent expense account, $3136; wa- terworks, $167.45; improvements and repairs, $73; alterations in Wards E, F, G, II, $450; oven and bakery, $27 ; total, $6842.24. , Ball and .Banquet-Mar- k a Most Pleasant . Grand - Social Event - The Provo fire fighters" again demonstrated Thursday night that they were not only fire fighters, but entertainers. They gave a grand ball at the Mozart - pavil lion and had as their guests members of the Spanish Fork fire department and,. the same 'number frQni- - Springville. There' were also present nearly three hundred Provo people, among whom could, be numbered fifty members of the " " Provo department. J . The dancing party was started, at 9 oclock and kept up at a live-l- y raie- until midnight, when the - fiirau'iutftok-thei- x .Spanish Fork bcled for several minutes after the demonstrator of speed and accu- and Springville guests, with the r mayor and commissioners, tu the shock was felt at the King ranch. racy In typewriting,- 1911 he In wrote a total of 7077 First Ward "Social Hall, where a Although reports reached Denin the words hour, and, deducting sumptuous banquet was prepared. . ver yesterday that a violent earth oisuaL at for Jhe 60 errors, One hundred and ten people sat, Jhe rate quake had occurred just north of down to the first table, but there Laramie, Wyo.', the seismograph left him a rate of 112 net words a at the college of the Sacred Heart tnniute the highest ' professional was so many people to care for it took until neaaly 3 odofk does not suhstantiatethe report. record ever made in competition. that yextrnkyznxarnin g Jrifirrfsfri the""! Havin' gTqrJwcr sueet7sMVoyeHrs IrTs"s(iTJ Ihrihmri'iFgraph atLJhe. celebration cham-Mrright. off carried the honors as i college' never fails to register a Blaisdell Continues the real earthquake, TheJa.stearth- - pion. holder of the $1,000 International was-rshown A CORRECTION. it Mexico, quak by when several persons lost their Trophy, a silver cup, offered as a ' livesas a result,-ami the seismo- pe rpet u a n tui aF- prize by- Of. "Through ari error reading ' beautiful a first infonnagraph brought the figures of the report made by gold medal to hold permanently? City Auditor Ilalph Elliott, it wax. tion of it Ip Denver.,- The trophy in of solid silver, reported that the It Is believed that thf reported 'city propei ty earth shock may have been the staning three feet high. It was ahwd at -- $6.220,04 f 19 - in- result of all explosion f s some placed hi competition as a resu Instead of $622,040.19, which h the j sort in the neighborhood. 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