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Show U - rL.iGS WILL 1VAVE Over Every Schoolhouss In the C ity Alter , Christinas. After Christmas the American f.ag will !' from a staff on the ton of every scV.oolhousc iu the city. There will ho twenty-live of them ana they are presented to the schools by the YvuW C'Hiipai'.;n. It has been a belief be-lief among members of the P.O.S. of A. "" a long time that the, Star Spangle.! Banner should -wave over every school house in the , laud eo that every crdhl might learn l'roia j constantly seeing it to love every nii, of its j stripe, and stars. The papT in ferred io , has also tru-d lo have the" idea adopted, and to do so have bean .sending certificates io schools, reifuestiug that each scholar contribute con-tribute 10 or ir cents lowanb the pu .-chase of a fleg for th" school which they were attending. at-tending. Some .six months ago camp No. 5' iu this city of the P. OT S. o. A. figured out that to "furnish all the school house with tV? sized flag desired, wor.ld cost S-t'.Oo. Tlie camp t.icn made a proposition to the Youth Crinpririhm. for that paper to contribute I(X towards the purchase money and the camp would furnish tie reim. ider. Nothing was heard of the proposition, which was made some months ago, until yesterday, w hen II. A. Terpening received a telegram from the Youth's Companion which' informed him that twenty -live flags, 7x15 feet, had been slopped by that paper which had delegated him to present tlieui to the public schools of Salt Lake as a Christmas Christ-mas gift. Mr. Turpeunmg now proposes that ..he largest hall in the city shall be procured for Christmas eve, and that representatives of all the schools, together to-gether with members of the order, shall be present to appropriately acknowledge the receipt of the giftfand tnat patriotic speeches and responses be made by members of all political parties and creeds. Mr. Terpening pledges that the P. O. S. of A. will provide the staff for the flags, fully rigged, w ithout any expense to the schools or the city. |