The National tribune., 1909-02-04
THE NATIONAL ENcaMpMENT.

Passenger Agents Association, in Chi
lcago,s Jan. 21 This association con
Isists of the Atehison, Topeka & Santa
Fe; Chicago g. Alton, Chicago. Burling
ton & Quincy; Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul; Chicago
& Great Western, Chicago, Rock Is
ltnd & Pacific; Illinois Central, Missouri
Pacific, Wabash and Union Pacific. Al
earnest discussion followed with a gen
eral expression of views from all con
cerned, with the following recommend
of the association:
THAT rate of one fare be made from
points in Western Passenger Associa
ton territory to Salt Lake City and re-
turn.
Date of sale of tickets Aug. 5, 6,
and g.
Final return hmit-to reach origi,
nal starting point so days in addition tc
date of sale.
Transient limit and stop-overs-go-
ing passage muStueommence on date OF
sale. no stop-overs to be allowed to any
point in Western Passenger Association
| territory. within final return liTziit.
Form of ticket-non transferabl bic,
signature form of ticket, not requiring
execution to be used
1t is altogether likely that these rec
concentrations will be adopted by the
individual roads and the Commander
in-Chief has already received a notice
from one of the companies that pro-
posed to act independently. that the
rate would be s37.40 for the round
Il.
over one cent mile on the short route
and about one cent on the long route.
It is expected that all of the roads will
do the same, and, therefore, it may be
safe to say that the rate will not be
over s3740 for the round trip from Chi
cago, and it may be little less
The Commander-in-Ch has, there
fore, decided to call the Encampment at
Salt Lake City for the week beginning
Aug. 9. He calls it thus early because
that appears to be the best week in re-
gard to the weather and because COM
rades journeying so far will want to
take in Yellowstone Park and the park
closes Sept. 1. He makes that an
nouncement now in order that the peo-
pie of Salt Lake City may go ahead
with their arrangements. 1t is under
stood that the Utah Legislature will
vote liberal appropriation and suffi-
cient funds viii be forthcoming as soon
as the Commander-in Chief announces
positively that the Encampment will be
held in Salt Lake City. A letter from
Comrade F NJ. Sterrett, Executive Di-
rector of the 43d National Encampment,
says:
''The rate question having been set
tied, and most Of my information having
come by wire in that relation. / make
of il that the rate thruout the country
is SO to I.2 per mile, making an aver
age over the country of about 1 cent
per mile. This being true, II is the cheap
est rate we have ever had. The Den
yer rate you will recoIlect was one cent
a mile from the East, but one and a
half cents a mile from the West, and,
therefore, the Denver rate was not quite
so good as the one made for Salt Lake
City. We will promulgate this Informal
ton as soon as we have ascertained it
officially. and suggest that since more
than n usual amount or uncertainty has
existed in reference to the rate, and as
to whether the encampment would be
held in Salt Lake City, that you publish
in The National Tribune the fact that
the Commander-in-Chief has instructed
US to go along with our work here and
that the 43d National Encampment will
be officially called by him in a few days
in his General Orders No. A. Your pa
per reaches so many of the comrades in
every DEPARTMENT of the Union that you
can accomplish much good in this line
in the interest Of the success OF the 43d
National Encampment to be held here
from the 9Th TO the 18th of August,
1909.
The hotels have signed an agree
ment to not charge more than their
usual prices, but rserve the right to
double the capacity of their rooms All
of the restaurants of the city have
signed an agreement to not charge more
than their usual prices. There are
quite number of restaurants who fur
nish rgular meals in the central por-
ton of the city at about rs cents, and
We expect to obtain an agreement from
each of the larger restaurants of the
city to provide a good meal at so cents
for such comrades as may desire to
avail themselves of il, and those who
do not desire such a priced meal may
order Ia Carte
Our Executive and Finance Com
mittees are in full operation. and %
other committees are being formed.
nave DeeI Tlaue, ana one oil
which will be adopted without question,
and will form an absolutely new feature
to our National Encampments. 1t is
planned to place near the top of Mt.
Ensign. directly fronting Main Street,
and about 1 ,000 feet above the level of
the city, an electric sign with the words:
Welcome G. A. R." the letters being
Of sufficient size to be plainly discerni-
BILE, and Immediately back of this and
on a somewhat higher point, is to be a
volcano of fireworks constantly in erup-
ton from o'clock to 10 o'clock each
night of the week of the Encampnent
The excursions to Salt Lake, Ogden,
TO the Mines and various canyons, will
be of more than usual interest because
of their being new to the great majority
of our comrades.
The financial proposition does not
bother us here at all, as 1t has at times
heretofore 1t will only be a question of
about how much money can be properly
and judiciousiy expended"
STATES RIGHTS