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Show 0F0PIIAI1S BEST EVER So Declares Visitor at the Opening Session of National Na-tional Meet GOVERNOR WELCOMES TO CITY AND STATE Profitable as Well as Pleasant Pleas-ant Time Is Assured to Visitors. 4 I I I I I I I I 1 I 1 I I I I I I ' ' rtvooaAM roa wxdkedat. Th nir day will, b pnt at baltair Beach. Official badg ' will secure railroad tickets. Meetings in the coliseum. Train will lcav baltair depot at :30 a. m. -- 1 m. ' .!,. Practical addresses. On busiaea and organization subjeeta. r f.W p. m. Publicity for Optometry ..... .......Open Discussion How to 8eure Optometry ' Laws ia the Remaining Metes Ope Discussion Evening Bathing, dancing and general social tini. ' Tn 1 1 I I I M I I t M I I I I I I I I ! with approximately J It delegates and ' friends In attendance, the fourteenth session ses-sion of ths American Optical association opened this morning at 1 11 In Barrett hsil. Ths first meeting of tbe convention, which will run until next Krldsy. during which time therewlll be business sss-aions, sss-aions, side trips, organ recitals and a gsn-eral gsn-eral showing of the city and surroundings, surround-ings, wss marked with a general air of . good fellowship and genuine enthuslssm. H. O. Jensen of Salt I-s-ke City, preel- dent of .is Utah asaocletlon, preelded, sand, after the opening prayer by Presl-dent Presl-dent John Henry Smith. Introduced Governor Gov-ernor Hpry. The governor was In a particularly par-ticularly feltcHoue mood, and In welcoming welcom-ing the visitor launched Into eulogy of th people and tli state. Reviewing the early hardening f th pioneers, the cofMiuerlng of the barren wlklemees and the later absorption of the territory from Mexico by tb United Ststes he paid a tribute to the nw and present generation. "We are not a selfish people, he aM, -but w r people of the l.nlted State, people of a wonderful ectlon, whoee raot-lo raot-lo la proeress. who word Is 'do.' ' Hs then extended the freedom of the tats th th visitor, bidding them mak themeetvea at home, before cloelng hla remarks he stated that alayor Bransford. Brans-ford. wh had been scheduled for an ad-dreea ad-dreea of welcome on behalf of Halt Lake. City, could not be present, aa h had been called away on a trip. Xing for T allow Worker. On behalf of the I'tah Association of Optometrists rrancle King of Ogden bad the delegate welcome. He briefly reviewed re-viewed tjie fight of the Vteb delegation which eecured ths present convention. He also spoks of the worn of If. O. Jen-en. Jen-en. r. i. Alexander and Royal W. Jisvnes. naming them aa pioneer In th movement for the passage of local laws for the protection of tiie alma dt the aa-soclsllon. aa-soclsllon. Termed "the silver tongued orator" of the association. Mr. King fit -'. tlngiy upheld the title. He launched Into " an eloquent speech, welcoming those In attenoancs and regretting tles-abssnc of those who could nut sttend. r. H. Bobbins of Elmlrs, W. T.. on behalf be-half ef the tern visitors, stated how much they appreciated Ihe warmth of tbe welcome accorded them, and expressed the wish that eonie day the weet and eaat might be bound together by tie that cannot can-not be severed. yrsssnt Convention th Bt. r. W. A. Detmers of Lo Angel, Cel.. a member of the board ofreenta of the national assoclstlnn, slso msde a telling response. He declared that the present session Is one f the best that be naa attended at-tended In years. He hsd high hope for the future of tb association and regret -ted thst hs did not dwell In he eaat with Mr. King, where shine the brighteet men In Ihe profeeslon. During the course of his remarke Mr. Detmers also made a striking snd telling plea for the convention conven-tion for hla home city In Hit. ths world's fslr vear- He set forth ths advantages f hi city, extolling It virtu and painting Its hospltsble peopls. At ths conclusion of the morning aee-einn aee-einn the convention adjourned until thla afternoon at 3.10. Between the morning snd aftsrneon sessions the delegatea adjourned to tbe chamber of commerce, .where there I splendid exblbit of the product of th different net ions I manufarturere. . At II o'clock a special organ recital waa given In the tabernacle, after which the members sdjoumed to the tempi g-rounds, where a group picture waa la- The afternoon eesslon beginning at 9:1 waa given over to the reading uf reports of the national officers. Imports Arn sUad. Prsatdent C. N. McDonnell of (Mora-. (Mora-. baa. O., could not be present, nor will he be during the sssston. aa lie very lit In hia absence his rcr-'n wss read bv Set rotary E. E. Arrlngton. Th- report re-port we purely technical In Ita nure. bet ties d-sll with Ihe past history of the association and Ita mi-da f'ir th future. fu-ture. Netlowsl Treasurer A. g. Hesklns f St. Johaabury. Vt-, waa tan Absent, but his report, dealing with lha finance of tlte association, waa also real by the aecretary. In his annual report B. K. Artingcn. national secretary, ret-1 of tha doings of the organisation for tle past term. H also pointed out wverul needed reforms and required amendments io present las "Twenty-ali state. Mr. Arrlngtwi stated, "now have laws reguatin the practice of optometry- We musi continue con-tinue with Increased efforts The w ef closer organisation anJ must maintain never ending work to secure state regulation regu-lation of optometry and the support of Columbia university. 'Tou men are to be congratulate) for votir eeaaeleas efforts on behalf of your profession, and to a hlshur education along those lines, that the public tn-iv be the gainer thetehy. Aa Oov. Charles Hughes of New York aald as he sirned the law In that state referring ta improper practices: 'The fact remains that tlie practice evicts, and will continue, and unquestionably forms a proper subject for legislation.' Mr. Arrlngton then paid an eloquent tribute to l'tah and lis people. peo-ple. A number ef telegrams were read tit the delegates, among them one frnrn Charles F. Prentice, president of the state board of optometry of New Trk. and also a famous author on lenses and kindred subjects: 'Msy the 8a It Lake eonv-e.tlon gK)Hfy both Itself and or-' ntetn-. through Its fearless Indorsement ef universal pubticltv of the dogma of nvdern eve practice. Thla evening the delegatea will ha left , to amuse themsehes at the resorts, the clubs and various private entertainments. |