The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-03
Good Prospect For Securing G. A. R.
Encampment.
PLANNING THE CAMPAIGN
SPECIAL CAR TO ADVERTISE
uTAH's RESOURCES.
Concerted Action, Eard Work and
Some Money Observation-Disclosures
That All Western States Will Pull
For Salt Lake-What It Means to
the State.

The national encampment of the G.
A r. for 1900 can be brought to Salt
Lake City. But this means work. II
requires concerted action. 1t re-
quires prompt action, not alone by the
members of the G. A. r. and corporate
bodies, but by the people generally To
stand any chance of success a special
car must be sent TO Philadelphia, where
the encampment of this year viii be
held, Sept. 40. 1t is thought that the
railroads will furnish this car free.
The idea is TO decorate the car in the
highest style Of the art, fill it with a
fine exhibit of Utah ores, silks, fruit
and other products, put it in charge of
as strong a committee as can be Sc
cured and send it across the continent
to tell the story OF Utah's wealth and
progress.
Money Required.
This will require money, and this
money must be raised by popular sub
scription, and that without any delay
whatever.
1t is believed that as this is a matter
in which every citizen of Utah Is in
terssted, every man who has anything
to sell, every man who is interested in
the future of the state, will readily
see the advantage of determined effort
If the car and committee go, if they
herald the advantages of Utah across
the continent, if they spend a week in
Philadelphia, entertaining on behalf Of
Utah and telling all men of her wealth
and beauty-if they do all this and
still fail to land the encampment for
next year, it is argued that the adver-
Using the state has received will be
worth many times the cost.
Advantage In Failure.
But if they should succeed, if the G..
a r. encampment for 1900, with its
army of visitors of from 10000 to $4,000,
should come and spend a week in Salt
Lake City, no one can estimate the
benefits that would flow therefrorl.
The money paid for car fare, the money
paid for food, the money left at the
resorts, the money spent in going
about over the state, would aggregate
an enormous sum.
G. A. r. Needs Help.
1t is generally conceded that this
matter is too important to be left to
the few members Of the G. A. r. in
the state. 1t would crafty their pride
to have their brothers among them,
but it would benefit them but little
compared to the great benefit that
would accrue to the state at large. The
undertaking is too great to be confined
to any society or set
The members of the G.. A. r. who
are entitled to seats in the Philadelphia
encampment are Colonel N. NJ. Kaighn.
Rev. Tiff, c. O Farnsworth. Frank
Hoffman and T. c. Bailey of Salt Lake
City; Norman Ives, H. l. Snyder, H.
c. Wardleigh and d. c. McGill of Og-
den, and NJ. NJ. Kellogg of Provo. Most
of these will wish to go if the special
car Is arranged for, and those now at
work have every assurance that the
car will be furnished. 1t is suggested
that to these members of the G. A. r.
should be added delegation of influ-
entail, enterprising, wide-awake citi-
zens, and an intelligent and determined
effort made in this important matter.
Chance For the West.
The national encampment of the C.
A r has been held in former years in
Denver, Portland and San Francisco
The last one west Of the Rockies was
at San Francisco about eight years
ago and there never was a more favor
able time in which to make the fight
than right now.
Correspondence is going forward with
the @. A. RS in California, Nevada,
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana,
Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico,
and it is confidently believed the dele
cations from each of those states will
be for Salt Lake.
The interest in this matter is grow
ing daily throughout the state. The
city council of ogden, at its regular
meeting on July 81, adopted unan-
tons inviting the encampment to Utah
and assuring the old soldiers of a royal
welcome should they come. In sub
stance these resolutions follow closely
those recently adopted by the council
in this city.