Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-02
Next Monday Forty-Third Annu-s
55 al Encalnpment of 6. A.
R. Begins.
MORE FLOWERS ARE NEEDED
Asks That Contributions III rs
Be Sent 10 Its Quarters In
Boston Building. sG
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city will be the scene of the opening
Of The forty-thlrd annual encampment
sof the Grand Army of the Republic.
That the encampment will be we'll at
tended and a great success is conn
IDENTITY predicted by those In charge
of arrangements for decorations re-
ception and entertainment. The Yari-
GUS committees are working overtime
and, although they have but five days
more to work 1t Is expected all the de-
tails will have been worked out py t lF
time and everything iii readiness ior
the brave soldiers who fought 10 pre-
serve the Union.
The work Of decorating continues ana
will be completed by the middle OIL
the week, SO far as the main streets
are concerned. but residents are urged
q to decora tes as extensively as possible.
In this connection an appeal has peeil
sent out by the Hover committee ask
ing the citizens to give all the flowers
they possibly can during enca nPnhe eil
week. They will be needed Tor rus
flower shower in the parade, Tor put ~.
holes and for decorations generally
The flower committee has headquarters
at 223 Boston building, and those 90
mating flowers are asked to SEND them
there.
MANY ENTERTAINMENTS.
That The old soldiers will be well en-
7terteined while in this cityTls' a GER
4taintv. Resorts Will be open 10 thet lill
and they will be made to gfeel sWelcpine.
rrhev5 will3haye free transportation over
the CITY and into the resorts and me
veteran wearing little bronze n nn
ton will find his money useless. l ~.
Saltair management has given M w; W,
II Jones, of the Women's Cltlzens@.
committee 10, 900 tickets for the YVES yes
and friends of the vetera ms. lley vi y, y
be given free transportation and tn ee
resort viii be thrown open to them.
AZ the time for the encanlpmeant
draws nearer, there Is considerable
speculation as to who will be chosen
comrnander-in-chief. Another for IN .!s
able candidate now looms UP IN at ne
fnerson3 of Samuel r. Van SAINT OF
Minneapolis, and the Minnesota a see.
cation Will make a determined eitolrs :
Ia elect him. Official notiflca ton Of
his candidacy was given out from g.
a. r.. headquarters this morning and
circular letters concerning him nave
tbeerI san e. out. He served the state OF.
Minnesota as aInember of the lesisllfait-
tire. speaker OF the house, and two
s terms as governor. He was comma no !.
\ er OF his post twice and comiflander OF OF
the department OF Minnesota,,lhsee3 can an
didate was born in Rock Island, lll...
lMav@;l1 1344, and entered the service
III 1851. and served until September,
Another interesting contest will be
for. the next meeting place of the Y. a.
r.. and st Louis is out with az strong
bid FOR the honor. A long list OF prom +
inent business men asking for the ~,
tho T~cplI &.
the fact that the Business Mems en-
league has offered $4,000 for expenses
ia another. The delegation VIII leave
ST Louis Aug. over the Burlington
route and arrive here on MONDAY
Aug. 9.
COMING TO THE CAMP.
"A list OF the Grand Army organ.
izations in the city during the @eeks
and their locations follow
Grand Army Of the Republic-Henry
al Neyius, COMMUNICATING chief, Red
Bank. n. il; headquarters, knutsfol'a
hotel. "a & W. HE s+ -;
man. national president, boston; N, Ma
ria u, Going, national secret ~, B .rl
ton; meets In First l're 'si
church.
i ,adies Of the Grand Army of the Re-
3niihlic-C ;enevieve I.ongfleld Lane. na-
tional president, Chicago; Mary 20.
Duddleston, national secretary Ghfca-
90: meets in First Congresatt io q
church. S.
h National Association of ex-PrisonerS
$of War Cen Harry White. national
commander, Pittsburg, Pa; Gen. .: ~,
walker, adjutant- general, Pitts pilfts,
pa. meets room 5, Federation Of La
Dor building.
n Ma tional Association of Army Nurses
-Rebccca s. Smith president. mime
apolis: Kate M Scott, secretary, BrooK
willie, Pa. meets Colonial hotel,
Naval Veterans association--Jo ohm
Black, commander. Cincinnati; WiHiam
simmons, corresponding secretary
Philadelphia. meets cullen hotel,
The Daughters of Veterans-Clara =
Hoover, president. Chicago. Myrtle Ct.
G. Kramer, secretary, Chicago; meets
Eagles hall.
spanish War Veterans Charles W.
Newton. national colnmander; Emery
" Sanders, secretary; headquarters
Hartford, Conn. meets in /. Q. Q. F.
hall.
commander in-chief, Washington, y.
c.: headquarters Mt city attorneys Of
fee, city and county building.
War afusicianss'Meet Lafayette
school building.
national Press pondents-siect
Colonial hotel.
AUTO VS. THE PUBLIC,
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