Show OGDEN CITIZENS PLAN FOR G 0 A R II REUNION Big Meeting Is Held Want Aug 14 for Ogden Day Money Will WillBe WillBe WillBe Be Needed Every effort Is to be put forth earth by the citizens of Ogden to have hae Saturday Aug AugH 14 H set aside as Ogden day at the G A R II grand encampment Mayor A L Brewer acting for the executive committee has already alread wired a pressing Invitation to President Taft to be present on that occa occasion occasion sion Ilon Invitations will be sent to other notables in the state and nation to be the guests of Ogden on that day da The Th board of education and the civic organizations of the city the city and county govern governments governments ments meets are to be asked to make an appropriation appropriation and cooperate in other ways in making the da dB day a great success suc ess This was the purport of resolutions adopted at a moon mass meeting of citizens at the court courthouse courthouse courthouse house last night The meeting was called to order by Mayor Brewer and J C Nye Ne was elected chairmen ch and C R H secre secretary secretary secretary tary The G A R Roo W Yo R B C and the war veterans attended in a body bo 1 The object of the thc to stir tU up interest in n the encampment e ca p ent and to devise ways and means for taking care of end of it George H Davis DaL submitted a resolution r lion tion to the effect eff t that the citizens of Og Ogden Ogden Ogden den in mass meeting extend an invitation to the tile G 0 A R H veterans and their friends to be the guests gue ts Saturday Aug 14 H 1 On motion of Rev G W Yo Mc McCreery McCreery Creery it was decided that Decoration nay day ay this year would be observed in a broader and bettor better spirit than heretofore and thus pave the tile way wa for the encamp encampment encampment ment meet mentOn mentOn On motion of ot J S Lewis it was voted to be the sense of the meeting that the executive committee should be increased from seven to nine J C Nye e was sug suggested suggested I as aa first vice president and Sher Sherman Sherman Sherman man H Browne e as second vice ice president W M L Bostaph ph said that lIe he hall haft attended thirteen grand encampments The small smallest est eat one ever held he be said had bad Vis Visitors visItors I tIers and the largest one 4 He said it would be necessary for Ogden to take care of from to visitors during encampment week He thought it was time for the city to wake up He lIe held that Ogden was entitled to part of the voted by the th legislature for the encampment and thought that Ogden would need to defray her expenses J 3 S Carver the Retail Merchants association said that there was no cause to worry that there was plenty plent of or room in Utah fo f the encamp encampment encampment ment meet and that there would be plenty to eat He said that there would be large delegations in Salt Lake City May Ma Maon 21 on their way to the convention of the Na Xa National Retail Merchants association In Portland and that be he had already secured the tabernacle speakers and music to en entertain entertain entertain the visitors in Salt Lake City He thought this was a good time to send the word throughout the nation that Utah was ready and aM willing to entertain the G A R n at their encampment |