Show GIFT TO ADMIRAL EVANS MAY PRESENTED BE IN SALT LAKE Admiral Robley Roble D Evans is to be in invited invited invited to cometo come to Salt Lake at the close of the present cruise of the fleet to San Francisco or at any other time that will quit his convenience and on his arrival will be presented with a memorial from the people of ot Utah The original plan of ot the Commercial club was to run an ex excursion excursion from Salt Lake either to Venice or San Francisco and to present the me memento memento memento mento to the admiral on his arrival This plan had to be abandoned for several rea rca reasons reasons sons The general public did not seem to favor the scheme for tor one thing and an another another another other thing was that the time in which h to promote such an excursion to 10 VenIce Venic was too short Word has also been re received that there will be no special rates to Venice or Los Angeles for tor the coming of or the fleet If the excursion were run to San Francisco rates could be secured but It would be b impossible for tor Governor Cutler to go to San Francisco at that time because of the fact that when the th fleet arrives arrive at San Francisco he will be beIn beIn bein In attendance at the convention of gov gos governors called at Washington by President Roosevelt One of the most important reasons however for tor abandoning the tile project is the fact tact that It Is not at all Im Improbable Improbable improbable probable that Admiral Evans will not be with the fleet Cleet when It reaches San Fran Francisco cisco He is now seriously ill III and is be being beIng being ing conveyed aboard the Connecticut to San Francisco for far treatment Within a few days das a formal invitation will be sent to Admiral Evans to visit Salt Lake as soon as his health permits The admiral will be asked to fix the date on which he can be In Salt Lake The Commercial club will arrange for a pub public pUblic public lic gathering at the tabernacle and on n that occasion the governor will present him with a suitable memorial for the thu th purchase of which a fund has already been started |