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Show FARMERS' ROUNDUP ends wwm Final Meeting Held in Tabernacle; Tab-ernacle; Governor Unable to Be Present. Spe-.-lal to The Tribune. OGDEN", Jan. 27. With a banquet in the Weber club and an evening meeting- in the Ogden tabernacle, the first farmers' roundup and housekeepers' j conference to be held in this city was I concluded tonight after a week's ses-j ses-j sion. .Representatives of the extension ! department of tho Utah Agricultural i college and Weber County Farm bureau I were unanimous in their decision that j the affair has been a success and will be the forerunner for regular conven-j conven-j tions of this kind in years to follow. There were two disappointments in I connection with the banquet, when Gov-1 Gov-1 ernor Simon Bamberger, who had pre-I pre-I viously accepted an invitation, found it impossible for him to be present and former Governor E. M. Ammons oi Colo-1 Colo-1 rado, who is to speak at sessions of the Logan roundup next week, could not reach the city because of the snow blockade in time to speak tonight. More than 100 persons were served at the banquet, which was held at 5 o'clock in order that it might not interfere with the evening meeting. W. Preston Thomas, Weber county agriculturist, presided aa toastmaster. Those who spoke, together with their subjects, were as follows: "The Farmer Proolom," James B. Beus. vice president presi-dent of the Weber County Farm bureau; "What the Farm Bureau Can Do," D. D. McKay, president of the Utah State Farm bureau; "The Farm Women 's Part, ' ' Miss Gertrude McCheyne ; "What the City and Business Man Can Do," Mayor A. B. Heywood; "What the Agricultural College Can Do," John T. Game. At the evening meeting in the tabernacle taber-nacle Mrs. Harriet L. B. Darling of Brookline, Mass., and Professor Caine were the principal speakers. The programme pro-gramme included several selections by the Utah Agricultural college glee club and soloists. |