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Show ' DfiDEN MAN AT BEAD OF EAGLES II f BR. Geiger of Ogden was elected II president of the tri-state union of the 11 i Fraternal Order of Eagles at tho anil an-il f nual election1, of officers held yeator-II yeator-II I day afternoon at tho hall of Salt Lake U f aerie No. C7 In Salt Lake. Other can-6 can-6 didatca for the office of president for j r the ensiling year were W. J. Costello Z 5 or Sand Point, Ida., and L. M. Hardy ( of Ely, Nev. Costello was chosen as ? e vice presldont, D. J. Elrod of Poca-i Poca-i If tello was re-elected to the office of p J secretary and T. E Wesler of Idaho J it iPalls was elected treasurer. Tho now It trustees are A. W. Foreman of Blng-j? Blng-j? f ham and A. P. Horn of Halloy, Ida. It Tho election of officers was follow-' follow-' ed by a contest between Ogden and Is Ely for tho honor of entertaining the tf delegates of the tri-state union to the tf convention to bo held In June, 1913. tf Ely was chosen as the next meeting ft place by a small margin. Of the ir three states In tho union Nevada has Ft' never yet held the convention. I Another Important feature of the election yesterday was the choosing of H. S. McCaun and J. J. Thomas, if both of Salt Lake, as delegates to the jt grand aerie, of tho order to be held I next August at Cleveland, O. The dcl- ft egates were Instructed to vote In sup-lj sup-lj I port of tho question of local govern-I govern-I i . mont for stato aeries, which will be I ; ' one of tho Important matters decided I, by tho grand aerie. They wore also I Instructed to support the proposition V , to hold tho grand aeries bl-eunlally ' r Instead of annually, as is the present I i custom. It Is said by those in favor I of tho later measure that It Is diffi-I diffi-I ! cult for some of the smaller aeries , ! to meet the expense of sending del-I del-I egates to the grand acrlo each year. Last night the entertainment fea-i fea-i tures of tho convention program clos-I clos-I ' cd with the contest between tho drill ! , : teams of Salt Lake and Ogden. The l team of the Salt Lake aerie, said to I one of the best drilled In the entire -urder, under tho direction of Captain R Weber, won from Ogden by a score of : 90 2-3 points to 73 pqlnts The teams were handsomely uniformed, Salt Lake ' in white flannel and Ogden In brown. f , The Ogden team was directed by E. I ; R. Goiger. I -nr |