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Show FIE OF ENSIGN'S IGJUFFICI Secretary of Utah State Fair Association Pulls Well for Salt Lake City. no ace S Ens gn s s nginsr of "Where Shannon Flows has become a permanent part ot the proceedings at the annual con ventions of tho An erlcan Association of Falra and Expositions. Mr Ens gn and Mrs Ensign have re tun ed from Chicago where Mr Ensign, as secretary of the Utah State Fair as soc atlon, took part In tho national con ventlon. He not only sang River Shan non according to schedu e but 1 e sue ceeded In getting the association s 191j specal train to an Franc sco routed v a Ba t Lake City with a twenty four hour stopo er here Sa t Lake C ty will be the only city on the route where t e f a r executl es spe c al ill stop for any lengtl of time tout Mr Lns em created the impress on at the convention that the trip wou d bo va ue less n ess It included a sit to Utah s capital About Mr Ens gn s ocal side At the nat onal con ent on two j ears ago one of the delegates had hearl that Mr En s gn when at home in fcalt Lake was accounted some s nger and he asked the p es dent to ca 1 upon the gentleman from Utah for a song 1 he Amer can assocla t on, en masse then prevai ed upon the Salt Lake delegate to sing He sang River Shannon At last year's convention he was ca led upon for an encore, and when he arrived In Chicago for this year s oonvent on he d scovered tbat the singing of R ver Shannon by himself was duly printed as one of the features of the convention D scussing the meetlz g Just he d Mr Ens gn said Livestock shipments and proposed la sad regulat ons affecting su h sh pments were the big topics before the convention this year Other phases of state fair work were a so d scussed. In every way the con en tion was the best we have ever held. Indi .at ons are that next year's con ventlon Io San Francisco will toe a big one and I was g ad to be ab e to Induce the assoclat on to include &alt Lake in the itinerary of the special spe-cial tra n. F "VL Barnes of Chicago was e ected traffic manager and he and his assistant, Benjamin Rosen thai are entbus astic over the Btp over here, for they have vis ted 6alt Lake and know what a fine city we have. Mr Ens gn was prom nent In the work of the convention pres ding at one ses slon and serv ng as vice cha rman of several of the important committees. |