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Show DO THK iiOVAI. Ill I NO. Unless present Bigus fail there Is going go-ing to bo regiments of people here to attend our irrigation convention in September. - Not only will there Le nearly one thousand delegates but we hope and expect fifteen hundred more will come from outside the territory who are not delegatt s. These, with the hundreds that will come from all over Utah, will make such a gathering as this city has seldom if ever euter-tainnd. euter-tainnd. For such an occasion it is incumbent on all of our citizens to do their utmost ut-most to extend to our guests every courtesy aud every facility not only for seeing tno sights o! the city, its surroundings, sur-roundings, etc., but also lo study the advantages nod resources of the territory. terri-tory. Wo want them all to go awsy aud talk about us we want to surfeit them willi our generous hospitality that every thing they bee will impress them favorably. We admit that most puople are a little bit sellUh in matters of this kiud und auida from the better knowledge on the science of irrigation which will come out of the dl.icnssions of this con- eution we look on tlie whole thing as ii grand a IverliM'meut for 1'tah. As an investment wo believe it will be an immensely im-mensely proliiable one. There is not a bit of sentiment in the strife which the great cities of the east indulge In to secure se-cure the conventions of the two great political parties; they know it pays to briiigthe.se lurge numbers of people within their gates, and for this reason we want to see our peopie go deep down in their pockets and bring up enough money to royally entertain these delegates. It would be altogether discreditable to us to ba niggardly about that entertainment, for it ought to be done ou a grand scale. Hut aside from the remote results that will follow the good impression we must strive to make, there are immediate immedi-ate ones that are important and deserving deserv-ing of consideration. As we have said, it is likely that couvcution will attract at least MM) people to this city for three days, many of them will slay longer, but all will stay that long. It would bo a modest estimato to say that each of these visitor will spend $'.'5 here in the hotels, stores, liveries, etc., and we think that the average will be above that. Now lit the lowest estimate esti-mate that would leuve $lo,0()0 to be distributed among tha various interests hero. To gain that we ought to bo willing to do something; it will give a great impulse to business. For these reasons we hope that when the committee com-mittee iu whose hands is the duty of raising the funds for this event shall seek contributions, they will be responded re-sponded to cordially and liberally. There ought lo he no shirking of this responsibility. All will share in the rewards re-wards to be gained and we want to see every man come forward aud do his duty. |