The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01

PLANS RAPIDLY
TAKING FORM
Decoration of Main Street on
Elaborate Scale Is Par
TALLY Completed.
MANAGEMENT FEELS
ABLE TO HANDLE CROWD
VANGUARD OF THE GRAND ARMY
WILL ARRIVE THIS
WEEK.

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= The Department of Minnesota, =
= G. A. r., wiIE come to this city TO >
4" attend the annual enCampment =
= with the determination to elect If .
= possible Samuel r. Van SAINT of =
y Minneapolis as the next command =
= er in chief of the Grand Army of .
= the Republic Official notifications =
= of his candidacy have been re- =
= ceived here and circular letters =
= regarding Comrade Van SAINT. He =
p was born in Rock Island, H., May =
= II. 1874. entered the military service =
= of his country in August 1861, as a Z.
q: private Of a company, Ninth IL =
= linois cavalry, and served until his =
= discharge, Sept. %, 1864, with the =
= rank of corporal His record was =
= one of long and efficient service. =
= The Minnesota candidate has =
= served his state as q member Of the 3
= legislature, as speaker of the house =
= of representative and as governor =
= for two years. He has twice been -
= commander of his local post, senior ::
= vice commander and commander Of -
= the Department of Minnesota. He =
= has a record as a soldier, citizen =
= and business man. and his friends =
= are enthusiastically backing his =
= campaign for the distinguished Z.
= honor he expects to receive in salt =
= Lake City this month. =
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One week from tomorrow morning
marks the beginning Of the forty-third
annual encampment Of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
Between now and next Saturday night,
when it is expected that all arrange
ments viii be complete for the welcome
to the thousands of visitors who viii
come 10 salt Lake City, there remains
much to be done, but the organization
Of the various committees, who, under
the executive COMMITTEES, have everything
i'm hand, Is very complete. All the de-
tails are in hand. as was evidenced by
reports made yesterday at the executive
committee meeting. The meeting was
entirely a business session. Many bills
were audited and matters pertaining to
the work being done we're talked ever
Aside from possible criticism of the
work of the firm which has the dec
orations Of the streets in hand, every
thing was found satisfactory.
Lately there have been many crit
icisms regarding the use of old, dirty,
torn and patched flags and banners i'm
the decorations which have been put
up on Main street. Citizens have
howled about the matter: some have
threatened violence, and the decorating
committee has been after the contractor
demanding that these old flags and ban
ners be replaced with new ones. The
matter was taken up Friday and the
contractor promised when he had fin
ished the committee would be satisfied
with the work He said he had but
just started. that there were other dec
orations to be placed in the street which
would hide the sOiled appearance Of the
ones now up. He wanted TO be given
time to demonstrate just what the fin
ished plans would look like. Yesterday
Mr.. Roster said;
ION Monday night 7 viii have the
decOra tons on Main street complete
from South Temple to First South
streets and the lights viii be on that
night. I ask the committee to wait and
see what the effect viii then be. If they
are not satisfied I viii take down the
banners and flags TO which objections
have been made and replace them, but
I want the people Of salt Lake City to-
be satisfied with my work and to under
stand that 7 know my business and
what I am doing. My reputation is at
people dissatisfied"
Decorations Assuming Shape.
Yesterday the workmen on decorations
continued their work on Main street,
and last night Main street was partially
decorated from the monument to the
postoffice. Some of the decorations put
up yesterday gave something of a hint
as to now gorgeous and beautiful the
final assemblage of colCrs viii be, and
this effect viii be greatly increased with
the lights on, it is said. Large fan
shaped flags, placed artistically upon
the iron poles which hold the guy-wires
Of the street railway trolley, with a
mass of other tolors overhead and be-
meath caused many favorable comments.
Besides the decorations which are being
put UP by Mr.. Roster under his con-
tract, firms and individuals are begin
ming to decorate homes and business
Continued an paoa