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Show Milestone Placed In Honor of the Motor Train In commemoration of the arrival of the first United States army transcontinental trans-continental motor transport train, a large granite milestone was unveiled last evening near the curb on the east side of the city hall, between Lake and Twenty-fifth streets, before a large audience. au-dience. The dedicatory address was delivered deliv-ered by Major Browning, who also pushed the stone into place. The mayor lauded the enterprise under-token under-token by the men of the motor corps. Following his remarks, the American flag, which draped the stone, was re-moxed, re-moxed, revealing a large slab of granite gran-ite upon which was carved: "U. S. Army Motor Transport Corps Milestone, 1919," Dr. S. M. Johnson, official spokesman spokes-man for the motor convoy delivered a short address, praising Ogden for placing the stone. He read a short poem entitled, "Where the West Begins," Be-gins," and stated that Ogden is a typical typi-cal city. of this great region. He expressed ex-pressed himself as approving an appropriation ap-propriation of $1,000,000,000 for the improvement of the public highways throughout tho nation Lieut. Col. McClure delivered a short address, expressing appreciation of Ogden's hospitality. oo . |