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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
7
Letter argues for forming a committee to organize a fall county fair in Cache county. Highlights local strengths such as horses cattle Irish potatoes squash wheat barley and fruit, plus educational exhibits by children. The writer urges action to showcase resources and revive historic fair traditions.
At the annual Beacon Light Society meeting held Monday May 8 officers for the year were elected: President Mrs Edna Ridges, Vice President Miss Rose Homer, Secretary Mrs Jennie Clemenson, Assistant Secretary Mrs Emily Farnes Smith, Treasurer Mrs Lucy Dobinson. The Woman's Club of the Agricultural College will host a reception at the college on Saturday evening May 28. Miss Tillie Peterson and Miss Rose Homer plan a Europe tour with friends this summer visiting major cities.
City officials report steady work on the light plant after purchasing the Crowther plant in the canyon for 4500 dollars. They say the site provides a fall of twenty feet and a steep grade to the power plant, with a dam would have cost two thirds more. The deal includes a canal about a half mile long and a land guaranty of tithes for the occupied area.
A telegram to President Smith reports the death of Elder Ephraim H. Nye, president of the Southern States mission, at 1 o clock on May 1. The notice also reports the death of the well known pall player Dacky Pace in Sacramento last Saturday.
City schools plan a closing program at seven p m featuring Part Orchestra Invocation by W Maughan salutatory Vergs Ormaby school chorus and recitations. Students Bailey Baliif Lyman Cook Evans Gordon Batch Suter Huws Hendrickson Jensen Jenkins Jones Lundahl Parkinson Taggars Parkinson Smith Burnham Sorenson Tarbet Thomas Walters Wendelboe Wilkinson Worley Bell Blaucherd Brown Burns Burne Eswell Bush Cranney Hrickson Hansen Hobson James Mitton Kerr Knowles Kan Manghan Morrison Nibley Ormsby Inez all to receive certificates plus valedictory Lavinie Maughan and address by President H Bullen Jr.
The graduating exercises will be given on Thursday afternoon for the benefit of school children and such patrons as shall be unable to attend Friday evening. None but adults will be admitted Friday evening. The graduates will march to ares Friday evening to The award March, composed for the occasion by Prof. Henry Otte.
Inter collegiate debate held Saturday evening at the B Y college drew a large audience. Leon B Stoddard and Walter Porter of the Agricultural college argued for the affirmative while E W Pehrson and John Godfrey of Brigham Young college opposed. Judges Hons Moses Theteller C H Hart and J C Walters announced the verdict A C Bt and a fraction to B Y 72 and a fraction. Observers praised native talent and history shown by the four contestants especially Pehrson whose eloquence was notable though he mispronounced some words.
Washington May 17 Ambassador Burner reports to the State department that Germany demands the expulsion of Mormon missionaries. The German government will not tolerate their teaching of doctrines deemed immoral by the German people. This follows Secretary Hay’s instruction to protect Ute citizens interests per Senators Keurnsanu Smoot. It settles the mission expulsion issue for Russia and Mecklenburg.
Washington May 18. The H. Humphreys of Logan and several others including Howard Reed from Duchesne Utah Charles B. Smith from Horse and Nathan S. Disle Caldwell Idaho have been named assistant engineers in the geological survey service.
Ralph T Merrill of Smithfield returns after 31 months away on a mission to Switzerland. He shared experiences about Swiss German and French customs, bore testimony for Mormonism, and urged moral living. Relatives welcomed him home amid a rainy season boosting sugar beet plans. Mayor Samuel Nelson returned from Cardston with prosperity notes. A near blaze was averted by the stand agent Alfred Harrison despite water started by youths near the new station outbuildings.
Work in the British Field reports Elder Harald Lafoost back from mission service. He notes elders perform oral work in the region with about 700 members in the Clareh conference and seven in Sheffield city. Meetings, Sunday school, and a food relief effort by the Mutual Improvement Association occurred last winter. Lafoost’s kidney trouble limited walking, hospitalization followed, and he was honorably released to return home. He slowly regains health and cherishes his time with hospitable Saints in Sheffield.
Sybil Sanderson, famed puma donna, died in Paris on Saturday after a bold fever. She was the niece of Dr. O. C. Ormsby, a noted medical figure.
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