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Show BIG ATTENDANCE FOEtJOPEMTIGK Indications Are That (Jood Roads Meeting Will Be the Greatest Ever Held. SESSIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THREE DAYS Deep Interest in Work Is Taken by Idaho, Wyoming and Other States. Thai tho pood roads convention, which begins in Salt Lako Wednesday, will bo tho greatest galliorine; of its kind over held in litis country, asido from the national convention, there can bo lit lie doubL Last year's convention was declared by experts to be tho best of tho roads con volitions ever held in any of tho slates this was the testimony testi-mony of Logan W. P:igo, tho chief of the bureau of good roads of the agricultural agri-cultural department. Already pledges have been received from more del centos by far tluin those who constituted last vnar's gathering. It is believed that, fully half a thousand, thou-sand, at the lowest estimate, will bo in attendance this year. Tho meetings "of the convention will bo held in Armory hall, in the Commercial Commer-cial club building. Tho Commercial club, through its secretary. Cap!, .Joseph .Jo-seph ft. (,'aine, has extender) to tlic delegates dele-gates tho privileges of the club. Should Kcport Early. It is urged that the delegate report lo the secretary's desk early Wednesday Wednes-day mornings in order thai they may bo supplied with budges and otherwise made welcome. Mayor John Bransford will welcome wel-come the visitors on behalf of t ho city, and Gov. William Spry will deliver tuc address of welcome, for the state. Acting Governor Hart of Idaho lias sent to the executive committee .1 letter, let-ter, in which ho says ho is convinced that Gov. Brady will attend I he convention and mako a speech for Idaho. Tn tin event, however, that Gov. Brady cannot, bo present, another an-other prominent man from the Gem state will be delegated lo talk for Tdaho.' That state is deeply interested in (lie movement for bettor roads, and tho deepest interest, in the fori booming gathering is evinced by everyone who has been communicated witli with reference to tho work before the good roads advocates. This is borne out by the fact, that Iho governor of Idaho has named twice the number of delegates dele-gates provided for in tho call. More Delegates From Wyomiug. Gov. P.. B. Brooks of Wyoming has notified the executive committee that lie has appointed two delegates in addition lo those whoo names lie forwarded early last week. These aro R. P. Fuller and John L. Thomas of Cheyenne. The Box Rider Commercial club of Brigham f'it- lias selected (hose tivo ns delegates: .John L. Price. William Jensen. E. W. Dunn, J. ('. Knudsen, .1. A. Call. J. 11. Ilodgc, representing tlic bureau of good roads of tho agricultural department, de-partment, will deliver a number of in-torosting in-torosting addresses, some of which will be illustrated by means of sloreop-tioon sloreop-tioon slides. Caleb' Tanner, state engineer, en-gineer, will discuss I ho new Jaws of l.Mali with respect to roads, and tlic various vice-presidents of the association associa-tion will toll of the progress that has been made in tho different counties iu the way of putting them into effect. |