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Show IB SIOfflGSESSES Leading Citizens of Salt Lake ..Unite in Plan to Provide Pro-vide Funds. BENEFITS ARE REALIZED National .Irrigation and Trans-Mississippi Trans-Mississippi Gatherings' Especially Espe-cially Considered. As a result of I lie meeting- r the Commercial Com-mercial club' board of governors with leading business men yesterday noon tho people of Fait Lake and Utajt will be asked to contribute at least ?3fi,00n for I he finanriiifi: of the national irrigation congress and the Trans-MisslsslppI Commercial Com-mercial congress, which convene here tills summer. Of the entire sum to bo collected ?750fl has already been guaranteed for tho expenses ex-penses of the irrigation congrcs. Outside Out-side of this sum tile fund will bo properly apportioned to finance t lie respective conventions. con-ventions. It is understood that about 58500 will bo required for the Trans-Mis-slsslppi convention, while tho remaining portion of the subscription will bo expended ex-pended for the Irrigation congress. Tho general committees in charge of arrangements will bo consolidated into one strong body. The campaign to raise funds in the amount required will bo In lho hands of an executive committee composed of J Ichor M. Wells, chairman; George A. Snow. W. F. Jensen. 10. O. 7Ioward, George Austin and .Joseph IS. Culnc. secretary. This body has authority author-ity to appoint a finance committee and other subcommittees to look after details. Board of Control. The Utah bourd of .control, as appointed appoint-ed is composed of George A. Snow, chairman, chair-man, and in charge of finance; Rodney T. Badger, In charge' of entertainment; George P. Aiiorbach, in chargo of transportation; trans-portation; Douglas White, in charge of parades; Oscar I.. Co.. in charge of decorations, dec-orations, and Lloyd Soglcr. in charge of publicity. In deciding' to. support the conventions and raise the necessary funds for successful suc-cessful gatherings, those present were of tho opinion that tho returns to city and stale would far more than pay for the time and money that might be spent In the interest of tho two congresses. President "W. W. Armstrong of the Commercial club officiated and called upon W. F. Jensen and George A. Snow to explain the requirements of the conventions. con-ventions. Mr. Jensen declared that the Trans-Mississippi convention would need about $Sf0(t if it were to achieve the success suc-cess hoped for, and entered Into a discussion dis-cussion of tho subjects to be considered ut.thc convention. Mr. Snow said that S7500 already stood pledged to pay. the fixed expenses .of the Irrigation congress for the year. Ho explained the needs, purposes and effects of tho congress and declared that it. would- require at least JUS OOD to cover both conventions. Il wis decided to ralso Ibis fund and consolidate con-solidate tho geneiol committees on arrangement. ar-rangement. Cost of Conventions. Major ftiehard W. Young, chairman of the Irrigation executive committee, spoke retarding lho cost of previous wonven-lons wonven-lons of the congress. Ho said that the o" en convention cost that city 25,U00. while the cost In othor cities had been -h follows.: Saornmoulo. 580,000; Sokatic. SKo: Pueblo. n.000. and C dcago. Sow He said that at some of theso H ie- buildings and expositions had con-i con-i fmcd a lrgo part of he ... ur V. Armstrong and the I . .. Simnkh.. Oorgo O. UeK, C boely. J (doutmnod on Fnge Two.) WILL RAISE $35,000 TO AID CONGRESSES (Continued From Page One.) Fred J. ICIesel and George Austin also spoko In support of the congresses and offered timely suggestions. It was brought out that each county in tho state of Colorado had contributed to the Pueblo convention of thi Irrigation congress, and suggested that tho burden of the subscription subscrip-tion fall upon the people of the state Instead In-stead of a public-spirited few. County Commissioner W. .1. Burion and City Commissioner R. P. Morris sahl that neither county nor city could locally appropriate ap-propriate funds for the conventions, but would give every possible support, Gov. William Spry spoke In favor of raising the fund from tho people of the whole state. Me declared that in inviting the conventions to come hero Utah was 'obligated to make them unprecedented successes. He pledged the support of the ' ext'cutlve ofllce In any way that It could act to encourage and uphold cither project. -He .suggested that the stutr and its counties could assuredly find some way of contributing to the conventions. Along this line tho governor set forth that the county boards of equalization had not yet met lo name their next levy, and suggested that a. special tax could be Included for exposition purposes, ns authorized au-thorized by the last legislature. Leading1 Men Attend. Those present at the session follow: W. W. Armstrong, W. F. Jensen. John F. Bennett, T. R. Cutler. O. C. Boebc, George O. Rclf, E. O. Howard. A. N. McKay, George Austin. G. K. Male. P. A. Slmp-kln. Slmp-kln. II. G. Whitney, W. R. Wallace, II. Bullen. Jr.. Logan; H. M. Wells, J. W. Houston, J. F. Burton. Lloyd Slglcr; J. S. McBeth. Payson; AVIIliam Nelson. C. G. Seelyc. William Spry. F. J. Klescl. Ogdcn; Og-dcn; W. F. Beer, R. W. Young. Lafayette Ilanchett. George A. Snow. Lewis Telle Cannon. J. P. Cahoon. Murray: M. lvisor, F. B. Stephens, R. P. Morris, Ixnls Simon, Si-mon, W. .1. Burton, George T. Odell. John Dern, Joy H. Johnson. D. MacVlchlc and Carl U. Williams, secretary- |