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Show 1 C. T. II. WORKERS OPEN coin Special to The Tribune. MT. PLEASANT, Sept. 29. With a representative attendance of temperance workers from various towns of the state, the annual state convention of the Woman 'b Christian Temperance union was opened here this afternoon. There will be three sessions of the convention tomorrow and the final meeting meet-ing will be held Friday. The Salt Lake delegates, headed hy Mrs. E. E. Shepard, president of the state organization, arrived today in time for the opening session at 3 o'clock. In addition to the president the party included Mrs. R. W. Pratt, Mrs. L. H. Page, Mrs. C. A. Root, Miss Frieda Dressel. Mrs. E. G. Stein, Mrs. Alice Burgess, Mrs. C. P. Pinkerton. After the devotional service which opened the convention, the seating of delegates and the appointment of committees, com-mittees, Mrs. Alice Ault of Tremonton gave an interesting address on " Mv Idea of an Interesting W. C. T. II". Meeting.'" Her remarks were to the point and well received. Mrs. H. L. Griffin of Ogden followed with an able paper on the "Value of Posters in Correcting Cor-recting Misstatements of Liquorites." At the evening session Miss Sargent of the local society extended a welcome wel-come to the visiting delegates, to which there were mimerous appropriate responses. re-sponses. Miss Gibson led the Mt. Pleasant Pleas-ant Loyal Temperance legion in a flag drill and Bishop H. C. Jacobs gave a brief temperance lecture. Members of the loyal legion presented a powerful drama. "The One Thing Xeeded Love,'' and the meeting' closed with a rousing rally, followed bv the benediction bene-diction fiv the Rev. R. R. Norton. |