Show G A R REUNION OFF COMMITTEE CANCELED DATE YESTERDAY Inability to Make Satisfactory Arrangements Ar-rangements at the Lake Assigned n the Cause The big reunion arranged by the Department De-partment of Utah G A R and which was to have been held at Saltalr on August 1st has been called off This announcement will be received with regret by the members of the G A R throughout the State as well as by other organizations which were expected ex-pected to take part The veterans were to have been assisted by the Spanish and Philippine volunteers and the National Na-tional Guard of Utah and the event has been looked forward to with plea ant anticipations The committee which has had the S matter in charge and which canceled the date yesterday lays the chief blame at the door ofC W Miller of the Saltalr management Maj W A Stanton chairman of the committee said yesterday that he and his colleagues col-leagues went to Saltalr to make a contact con-tact with Miller who agreed to pay them the usual percentage on the attendance at-tendance and also to erect free a fort replcsentnSlort Sumter and rig up I a number of the boats to represent menofwar tho whole to be used In n I thrilling mimic battle After agreeing to do this the committee further said Miller backed down and the whole thing was declared off Mr Miller said last evening that he offered the usual percentage but did not agree to build the fort and fix the fx asree boats The Denver Rio Grande had already sent out a large amount of advertising ad-vertising matter on behalf of the excursion ex-cursion dayThe but it was all recalled yester The proceeds of the reunion were to have gone Into the treasury of the G A R to be used for generous purposes and the cancellation of tho date will be very generally regretted The committee says that the Salt Lake Los Angeles Railway company had agreed to do everything possible to assist In making the affair a uuc cess and that the owners of privileges at the lake had also prIrJleGCS the handsome thing |