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Show CHOIR WILL m 1 iRRIGATM ODE Movement Started to Send Musical Organization to Big Land I Show. J Salt Lake Nov, 22. Plans are. al-l ready under way for tho government's display of dry farm and Irrigated land products at the American Land and Irrigation exposition, which will be J held In Malison Square Garden, New ! York City, November 3 to 13, next year. Gilbert MeClurg who managed the national ln1f atlon congress meeting In Ogden a few years ago, writes that he Is In correspondence with b J Klesel of Ogden, now in Baden BaJen, Germany, A. R. Hey wood, president of the Wcbcr ebb In Ogden. Governor William Spry an 1 John Henry Smith, who are members or tho executive committee of the exposition relative to taking the Tabernacle, choir cither of Salt Lake or Ogden to the exposition. exposi-tion. Mr. MeClurg explains in his let- ter that not only would this move be of wonderfu! beneflt to Utah from the standpoint of an adortlsement, but that concert engagements could be easily arranged which would more . than defray the expense of the trip. In the event either of the choirs Is taken lo tho exposition. It will h for the primary purpose of rendering tho National Irrigation ode at each day's session. This odo was written by Professor J. J. McClellan and has been sung by the Ogden choir at sev-eral sev-eral of tho annual congresses and also al-so by tho Salt Lake choir. The expedition ex-pedition offers no definite contributions contribu-tions toward defraying the expenses of the trip. The matter of arranging for space for the Utah exhibit will be taken up by the board of governors of the Commercial Com-mercial club at Its next meeting and arrangements will bo made for conferences con-ferences with other organizatlcns In I the states which are Interested In the j project. I Mr. MeClurg states in his letter that , on a recent visit to Washington, he was told by Secretary' of Agriculture Wilson and Secretary of the Interior Balllncer that the government is con-, templatlng an extensive exhibit of I dry farm and irrigation land products which will be separate from the exhibit exhib-it sent by the state. |