Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-09
SIC RECEPTION DU { TONIGHT o
lYne Of the Events Of the Week
.5.. Takes Place at Com /. q.
merciaI Club.
Camp Fire In the Assembly Hall Also
VIII be Another Event Marking
Opening Of Session.

Twenty thousand Veterans and visit
ors in the city, with as many more vet
to come, is the record of the first day OF
the forty third ncarnpment. Twenty
I eight delayed trains are expected to ar
rive over the Denver & Rio Grandes
railroad before midnight tonight, with
nearly as many expected over the Ore
gon Short Line. The arrivals willseon-5
tinue during tomorrow, when it is eX-s
pected the great bulk of visitors Will:
\ have reached the city.
This morning the streets were:
thronged with people At the inter-
sections at Second and Third South
streets the crowd s were thickest. and
the. services Of police officers We're.
brought into requisition to handle the
traffic at these corners. VI n.
QUESTION OF QUARTERS.
The raffic OF visit tors 4 Is; being hand Il
led with d ispatc by the captains ana
cadets appointed to guide the visitors
70 their accomnod ations. Not more
than halt the rooms placed al the dis
ss pcsel Of the reception committee have
been required to dat e, and 1t is expected
that the committee will be able to take
care Of all corners Without an v troub Bile,
! Ihe free quarters committee chairniaiil
Il reports that little requisition for these
quarters has been made up I'd the pres
IS ent time. and IL is likely that few Of
tne tents and cots placed at the dis
W posal Of the commit tee Will be needed.
MINNESOTA DRUM CORPS. 5s31
The Minnesota delegation arrived
y earlier in the evening, having left st.
3 Paul Thursday evening This dele
" galon was also accompanied by a
81 rum corps, which, though few In num-
81 nefs. made up in igor and enthusiasm
q every e.s quality of a good drhm corps
Inc ]. e martialsban was headed by Com
iss iade Paul g. Biersach, and was COM
.F4poseda OF the following Max q. Bier
IS saef, drum major; and Edward Aid
ridge, snare drum, ana II. ID. Pellant.s
~ T. H., AZ. CZECH and w. c. George flfes;
~ llliam Leadley, bass drum The corps
MADE Inc round of the various head
81 quarters. serenading the Utah head
quarters In. the Boston building, and
y, ne Comma der-in-chief at the national
;5S y. ualrters and playing briskly along
the streets - Z
~ 1, : !, morning the command err in-chief
VAS W, closeted in executive session with
~ ny ny executive committee of the Grand
t an az the national headquarters at
a a,s. =, h-nutsford Is Matters pertaining
& {T,te I, to the encampment and ID. IA
z = BUSINESS We're discussed. 3. ]. Il &.
RECEPTION TONIGHT. a
The big event Of the week, as far as 81
, n,tsep.ions are concerned, will take
tnace TINS evening in the parlors Of the
if,,o s,1VIl club.fwhen the Women,s
i54t ~ rs Corps Will tender a reception
eo9ar,s s Chief Nevius and the
g IN. of his; staff and their ladies'.
s nnree thousand invitations have been
sen, ous for this reception. and in the
rptai,siylns line, besides the commander.
MI y Pc e, iov, and Mrs. spry, Mayor and
1als: b IA and other prominent
= clttizensl Of the state. s - - Z
l., lo 81 there will he a campfire held
asa ny. asSsembl ri Hall, which Will be-
c ,at'sssea by several prominent off,
CT CT 70. o. the ational organiza tons.
III. george b. squires viii preside lit
o,nIa., campfire, which conpenes at
col ~. ne same hour a campfire will
a5f u AZ the Arinory hall. Lucian
~, n,.s ',f, yth nnander of the DEPART
, rnf,,' @ Utah, presiding. Two past
M . ers-in-cllief and the national
l Mi , Of the ladies' OF the a.
sha ,i ADDRESS the meeting at Armoty