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Show PROVO PEOPLE "ROYALLY ENTERTAIN NEWSPAPER MEN OF THE STATE "Thnt's what I call a real time." Such were the oxpivs- pious heard from the newspaper men and their wives upon I leaving Provo Monday evening after spending Sunday and I Holiday in Provo attending the annual summer meeting of the j State Press Ass'n. The outing was a success from every jioint, business and delightful entertainment taking up every minute of tho two days. Tho men and their wives urrlvtd Sunday morning and up until 2 o'clock Hit tlmo was spent In Jolly reminisces cos and renewing old ncni'iilntanco-j. At 2 o'clock, general ns3imbiv ns held nt tho Commercl.il Cl'tb rooms und tho "bunch" was taksu i tho State Montnl Hospital where a flvo hours visit wus enjoyed, nnd will bo long remembered. Dr. Georgo E. Ilydu was tho olllclnl escort of tho visitors. visit-ors. Ho took them through tli0 var-Itiio var-Itiio departments nnd explnlned tho treatments given to offoct a euro for thta Illness. Tho gist of tho talV riven by Mr llydo along with th'o explanation of treatments is ns follows: fol-lows: "Tho enro nnd treatment of tho In- ciiin has extended' far Into antiquity. "In tho period ot about 8G0 I). C. the I Insane were treated by priests, with kindness, music, recreation, etc., much lllto tho treatment of today In Booth-leg Booth-leg tho disturbed minds. "In tho dark ago of tho Christian ora, these unfortunato pcoplo wero btllovod to bo possessed of ovll splr-Jtc splr-Jtc nnd rovnltlng tortures wore resorted re-sorted to th'nt tho ovll spirits might lio driven out. Thousands wore bur-nod bur-nod nt tho stake. "Tho mnd-houso period enmo alwuf j in 1IJ37 Theso ploces wero called , Bedlams, a derivation from Hcthl-hrm Hcthl-hrm houses, the orlglnnl name. The (Continued on pago 2) PROVO PEOPLE ROYALLY ENTERTAIN (Contlnuod from Am. Fork let pai?e violently lnsano wor0 taken on tho M-cctn to perform for amall fees. Tho sanitary conditions were revolting nfid disgusting. "A renctlon camo at tho closo of tho 10th century, wh'en mcn ucn as Plnel of Paris nnd Juke ot .London struck tho shnkels from the poor unfortunates, un-fortunates, and now tho Idea that In-tanlty, In-tanlty, Is a manlsfcstlon of tho displeasure dis-pleasure of Ood has been replaced by tho modern conception that tho ills-ecso ills-ecso Is cnused by a diseased function of tho brain and tho treatment, has ptogrossod to Ui'e hofcpltal stage." Mr. Hydo stated that the hospital had been very successful In cffoctlns cures. Thoro Is on un average of 10 prtlonts discharged monthly and an nvorago of lCmonlhly admitted. Tho Inspection of tho hospital wps Mlowed by a band concert by the Provo nand on tho beautiful hospital hos-pital lawns. All of tho 678 patlonta were present at tho concert, excepting lfi who wero 111 or preferred to visit In tho omoo with relatives, Sunday being visiting day. Several aesthetic dances were Riven lr. connection with tho concert which was Immediately followed by a delicious delic-ious luncheon, to which Dr. nnd Mrs. Hydo wore hosts. Tho luncheon was served out on tho lawn, Informal addresses., praising tho wonderful work of Dr. Hyde wore rendo by Stato Auditor Mark.Tuttlo, and Eph. Homer, engineer ot tho hOB-rltal. hOB-rltal. In tho opinion of tho newspaper news-paper boys, tho stato has made no mlstako In having Dr. Hyd0 nt the head ot our Stato Mental Hospital. At tho Lltllo Th'entro Sunday evening even-ing tho editors wero tho guests of th0 Public Servlco Durcau of the B. Y. V. A very entertaining program wns given at which Dr. Geo. H. Brim-hall Brim-hall guvo the address ot welcome, calling tho editors th0 "spokesmen ot tbo world." nnd said "th0 editor Is a great public sorvant. He must sweep the town, dust Uie town, dress the town, nnd educato tho town. He must gather nnd organlzo n mental movie to the public." A spicy program composed ot splendid splen-did talent was given. James It. Willie, Wil-lie, president of the Utah State Press Asa'n. apoke on tho evolution of nows-paper nows-paper In Utah. Monday morning tho business mcct-Ing mcct-Ing was held In tho Commercial Club rooms. Mayor .Leroy Dixon officially welcomed tho visitors In btahalt ot Provo City nnd Preston G. Peterson welcomed them In behalf of the Commercial Com-mercial Club. Mayor Dennis Wood ot Ncphl; Lincoln O. Kelly, head of the department of purchase and finance ot Utah, nnd II. C. Hicks, secretary ot tho Stato Securities commission 7cro present nnd gnvo Interesting talks. After tho meeting, tho visitors wero convoyed to -Vivian Park In Provo C'nnypn, whero they wero the guests ot tho Provo businessmen, at n well appointed banquet, which' was ono of tho best sot before tho newspaper people. peo-ple. Covers wero laid tor about 75 icrcons, who loft no room for doubt tint tho spring chicken nnd trout, srawbcrrlos and other fruits, candles, dilnks, otc, "hit tho "right spot." A box each of mnrahmellows and magnolias mag-nolias were placed by each plate an favors. Toastmaster Jas. 11. Wallls called on tho visitors tor speeches, among them being It. W. Coopor of Price, Wm. It. Holmes, of nrlghnm City. Walter Sloan, IJncotn O. Kelly and rhyslcnl dlroctor, E. I.. Roberts of the B. Y. U. Mr. Roberts stated: "You arc selling Bryco Canyon, Eton Canyon Can-yon nnd magnlflclont canyons thoy nro, but wo havo hero tho grandest one mountain In America. Thla Is the mountain tho newspapers of Utah should bo selling Tlmpanogos, the grandest mountain In America." A muslcftl program was Riven nt tho closo of tho banquet, under the direction of Prof, J. R, Boshnrd Mrs. M. Markus of Richfield expressed tho appreciation of tho visiting ladles for their royal entertainment Upon returning to Provo the visitors visit-ors were taken to tho Strand theatre Monday afternoon and saw a two reel film of a climb up Mt. Tlmp. Tills concluded the activities ct the twn days. 1'TAH COUNTY, and especially PROYO CITY, will receive some ot tho best advertising posMblo through tho columns of every paper In th'e stato throurh the efforts of tho nows-rnpor nows-rnpor boys of Provo tho Commercial Club and tho business men of that wide nwnfco city. Wo saw Provo, Its bnsln ss men nnd It citizens In n different llcht than horctoforo. Thoy are nil real boosters, boost-ers, not only for Provo Cltv and Provo Canyon, but. for nil of Utah County and the stnte. " x' i,'r |