The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-15

morning by Governor Wells and his
staff. A message was received yester-
day from Mrs. Driver. president OF the
Ogden Red Cross society, inviting the
governor and staff to meet the home
coming heroes there and breakfast with
| them at Lester park Governor Wells
gratefully acknowledged the invitation
and announced acceptance of it by him
self and aides.
Invited to Saltair..
General Manager Clayton of the Salt
air Beach and Salt Lake & Los Angeles
railway companies yesterday forwarded
the following invitation to Governor
Wells:
''Utah's volunteer soldiers, whose re-
turn is TO be appropriately celebrated
on the 10Th inst, come back to us with
recollections of both the eastern and
the western oceans. Before dispensing
their organizations and proceeding to
their respective homes, may they not
renew their allegiance to their native
state in the waters of their own salt
sea? To the end that they may carry
away TO their firesides this memory and
as a conclusion to their day of welcome.
the Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railway
company and the Saltair Beach compa-
ny respectfully tender to each of Them
through your excellency, the compli-
ments of the occasional trip to the
beach and bath in the lake.
Upon your acceptance of this offer
arrangements will be made for their
proper care
In acknowledging receipt of the invi-
tation, the governor wrote that while
an official acceptance could not be eX-
pected, it would be his pleasure to have
Adjutant General Burton make known
the kind Invitation 10 Major Grant,
who in turn would inform the battery
men of the courtesy. In town family
dinners and reunions already planned
will probably have the right of way
after the ceremonies at Liberty park
are at an end, but nevertheless it is
likely that many of the heroes residing
out of town will go to Saltair later in
the day as guests of Manager Clayton,
and there again meet their comrades in
arms.
No Money From County.
The board of county commissioners
yesterday decided that it could not APP
propriate any county money to the
volunteers celebration fund. The de-
cision was based upon an opinion by
County Attorney Putnam that the pro-
posed appropriation would be without
authority of law. A communication TO
this effect was sent to Governor Wells
and in it the commissioners said:
Our attention has been called to the
fact that the city council of Salt Lake
City has appropriated to this fund; as
We understand il, it has been done by
the council appropriating to the NAV
or's contingent fund and the mayor
turning over the money so appropria-
ted to the committee. There is no loop
hole of this kind that the board can
take advantage of if it were inclined
IN do so.
individually the members of the
board are heartily in favor of extend
ing TO the volunteers a reception that
will be grand and patriotic in the ex-
IRENE. They are worthy of all the
honors that can be showered upon them
by their generous fellow citizens: they
have held sacred the honor of the state
and carried the flag of the nation to
success in every battle; their fame
now is a part of the nations history,
and their proud record belongs to the
state. We regret that we can only give
our heartiest individual support to the
cause. viewing the law as we do; it
was made for our guidance and we are
expected to carry out its intents and
purposes.
Wishing the committee the highest
measures of success, we remain, etc"