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Show President Stohl . I May be Opposed I A well defined movement Is on foot B which may develop nt the coming H meeting of the" 'board of trustees ot :U tho Agricultural' 'collcgo of Utah 'H noxt weok, to replaco Lorenzo N. H Stohl as pi'osldont of tho board of 'H trustees by Thomas Smart of Logan. H who recently contributed $10,000 to H nld tn building a gymnasium building H for tho Institution, There Is n. quiet H canvass of votes for Mr. Smart, and M If enough are secured tho chango will H bo suggested nnd mado. If the votes , H do not materialize there will bo no H discussion of It,-and Mr. Stohl will bo B ro-clected. JJ Tho active work In behalf ot Mr. HJ Smnrt Is being dono by W. S. Han- M son a director or tho First National M bank of Logaii, or which Mr. Smart M is president. Tho situation Is compll ! 'fated by tho fact .that Secretary ot M Statu C. S, Ttngoy wns added to the M board by act ot tho recent legislature, M and three now members of the board M wero named .by tho governor; Senntor fl J. Alonzo Hydo, P. F. Peterson, n JB well-known banker of Illchflcld and M Angus T. Wright of Ogden. PJ Under the act ot tho legislature a h certain part or tho gross revenues ot aim tho stato Is set apart for tho Agrl- jN cultural college, nnd this sum will jJRJ bo In tho hands ot tho board ot trus- R tecs tor disposition. It will bo quite H a tidy sum for tho bank which Is nblo j IjR to got It, and tho reports of tho mat- &ifiR tor which havo reached Salt Lake tm said that the contest ror tho presi- j,v dency was caused by this deslro or jfrf somo bank to get this money. It was IB learned, hoWoyer, that Mr. Smart's H bank has been handling tho funds or mW tho college In tho past and would prob- K ably contlndo to do so In tho future. President Stohl said last night that ,H ho had heard somo talk of a contest H but that Mr. Smnrt had ntsurod him H that ho was 'not a candidato for tho 1 placo and did not want it. Horald- Jj Itopubllcan. JH |