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Show MRS. W. A. MURDOCK, grand president of the G. I. A. of B. of L. E., who leaves Salt Lake today. ' y Iff! V sft IH'S AUXILIARY 111 CLOSED, Meeting of Western and Southwestern Divisions Is Successful One. . . f The union meetings of the western and southwestern divisions . of the Grand International auxiliary to tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers wore closed with the forenoon session yesterday. The last session consisted of further exemplifying the ritualistic work and in listening to addresses by Mrs- W. A. Murdock, grand president, and Mrs. X J. Norton, grand trustee, on the charitable work planned by the order. Yesterday afternoon the delegates went to Satlair in a body as the guests of the local division. Mrs. Murdock will leave for her home in Chicago at 7 o'clock this morning, but some of the visitors will remain the rest of tho week. During her slay here Mrs. Murdock Mur-dock has been the guest of Mrs. C. E. Shermer, secretary of the local division. 1 Plans for the entertainment of the visitors include a picnic trip up Ogden can.yon today, and later trips to interesting in-teresting points in and about Salt Lake City. The visitors are enthusiastic ro: garding the hospitality of members of the local division of the order, declaring declar-ing that, in addition to having a successful suc-cessful meeting, they have enjoyed every minute of their stay in Zion. A pretty feature of the session yesterday yes-terday was the presentation of huge bouquets of roses to the visiting rand officers and to the visiting presidents and secretaries of divisions by the Gilbert Gil-bert A. McClean division No. 10S. The members of this division also gave flowers to their own president and secretary. The members of the local division" gave to their president, Mrs. C. W. Seaton, a beautiful gold-headed umbrella, which was presented with an appropriate speech by the grand president, presi-dent, Mrs. Murdock. Mrs. Murdock heartily commended the local division and also the members mem-bers of tho visiting divisions on the excellence of thoir work and the evident evi-dent interest taken in the details of f.ho ritual. Among the states from which delegates were present are Idaho. Ida-ho. Nevada, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Montana and. Utah. Tho union meetings are held about once everv year, and have nothing to do with the conventions of the order, which are held every third year at a time and place to coincide with the conventions of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Lo-comotive Engineers, |