| Show UP I IG I IBe G A R IL Event vent at tS 1 ir H Has s 0 Be m Can led 4 SCORE BEACH PEOPLE t MAGER SAYS IT IS 0 A IG 0 0 0 The G A A R are exceedingly Wrought rought up over the fact ct that hat after spending mone money in ad advertising I G A A R day at Aug Ag 1 at th the eleventh hour the contract fOl for the event ha has be been n canceled and a as a a I wU wili benc be na outing of the veterans thIs summer unless the committee in charge of the affair de decides decides to Jive give a picnic at Lagoon The outing which was to include wih with the G A R veterans Spanish and war volunteers ers and the ard Black Hawk war veterans had been arranged for the benefit of the state wih with the idea in view of raising raisin funds to be expended in the en endeavor deavor to bring the national G A A It to Salt Lake City next Year At a of the committee and the Relief corps held in inthis inthis this city recently i it wa was decided to tomake tomake make the event out at Saltair on the frt first of next month an attractive one With thIs In view Major Grant vas consulted and eventual eventually it was decided to give a reproduction of the capture of Fort Sumter for tor the edification ton tion of the crowds that would attend Wat What the Veterans Claim As soon as the wa was tie de decided upon the committee composed of Major V A RG It G Sleater F FH FH H Clark and J W V Interviewed I Manager Miller r with th the resul result that accordIng to Major Stanton Mr Mier Miller promised to furnish boats for the affair and at the same sam thre fx fix them up p to represent gunboats he also ofer oferd ed d to erect a canvas structure upon the platform that stands out in the lake to the west of the pavilion This stage was to be rIgged up to represent sent the fort while a couDle couple pf of pieces of artier artillery that that were to be secured from Fort Douglas Dougl were to repose inside the mimic Q la to Q r Del the atack attack unon UDon the fa Mr r Mier Miller is said to have also aged agreed to enlarge the band for the occasion With thIs understanding the commit committee tee went to MI rt nU I d arrage arrange arrangements ments wih with General Passenger Agent George W Heintz of the Rio Grande Western Vester for the distribution down the theline lne line of some artistic lithographed ad advertising mater matter w which ich tyas as accordingly done Five hundred dolar dollars worth of powder and fireworks wa was also ordered for the occasion while hUe free transportation ton tion was secured for the members of the National Gurd ad and other others wb were to participate In the spectacle Caled Called i it O Off On Tuesday morning i it h committee went out to Saltair to secure a written contract from the manager for te the event when much t to their surprise after considerable le evasion he is said to have denied having made any such ofer offer to the veterans as above and re refuse refused fuse fused to sig sIgn any contract to that ef effect feet stating that he had merly merely made the suggestion to them at the time for them to carry caro out and that if he made mae any such concessIon to them that every organization that had booked a date would look for similar As a compromise however he offered to advertise theda the day In papers but butas butas as this had been already agreed to by Manager Bateman aL the Salt alt Lake Los railroad the committee did not see where they would be benefited thereby The sequel to the affair yas that the veterans returned to town to cancel the engagement while Mr to the Western Tester sta staton station ton tion a agents to hea head of off the advertising of cheap rates for the excursion And there the matter rests at present Major ajor Verion Version In speaking of the affair yesterday Major Stanton said This Is not the first time that Miller ha has do ne this same thin thina He most assuredly told us that he would bear the expense of the of cana canvas senery scenery for the display and further would give us 75 5 for the first and 25 for ever every ad dional thousand persons who visited the lake on our day He knew just as aswell wel well a as we did that he had made that i ofer offer and acting upon the same we succeeded In getting Ditman to double the usual bar percentage while oter other privileges out there also volunteered to help us out in the This is not the frt first time that we have not got a square deal from the Saltair people for lat last yea year they only Jaye gave us credit for 2000 people when there therO were ou there thee and their books up in the theoffice today show that there w re at the lake on that day We h have ve no grievance against I 0 Bateman of the road for he heI has treated us al all right and is anxious to have the affair settled but ln in the I face of the attitude of Miller we are compelled to call al it of off Manager Mier Miller is positive in his I denial of having offered the committee an any such assurances a as they claim and andI says they most surely misunderstood I him lie He says sas he could not have done doneso so a as i it would have been un unfair fa to other I organizations who had arranged for days at the lake |
