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Show Mil! Bill SGHEtJSlii; Mass Meeting Urges j. tion of Monument f0t Practical Uses. I Legislature Is to Be Press, ! for Appropriations (0 Help Cause. : Erection of a huge memorial 1. ! in;;, to rommemorato the ile,..'i bravery and sacrifice of all "Utah wiio served iu tho worhl ttat a ing tb.-it caq bo utilued alio for ... tical purposes by all people of t,t'.' was heartily ami unanimous, dorsed by citizens, mothers of i.., eruns, prominent business men an,; resentativea of civic on?nui?.ntimV, I uiaht at a mass nieetiui; hclj a .' I Commercial club. . ' " ) llasto in obtaining apnropriaiiot Iho building whilo tho thoughts , bi avery aud heroic, deeds uf our (Iters are fresh in the tniuils of thv plo, was also urfjod by the Sdi especially so in bringinj; all ft,.'. pressure to boar iu obtaining a." propriation from the state bm'wj legislature closes during tho week Recommend Convention Hall. The approval of the erection (-building (-building that, would not only bl those falleu io battle and those -. were preparing to enter tho fi. lino, but oue that could be utilwi practical purposes, such as holding tentions, mass meetings, and o gatherings, came unanimously fm speakers,., some of whom representeb soldiers themselves. Tho buildicf be used above all else, the epeakrrs: to provide meeting places for the , craas and to bouso the war voter associations -which will bo orpr here as soon as all soldiers arc ra.: to the state. The speakers explained that 16 has already been appropriated W-city W-city for such a buildiuj;, and lii like sum can be raised, lit rough scriptiou, by business men of tiics' A resolution was adopted, and y and a comtniltco appointed to n diately urge the stato legislature to. proprfate, at its present session, je; quato amount, in order that but may not bo delayed until the uieeting of tho legislature, tiro i hence. Charles Tyng, -who intrei the resolution; Captain T. JJe '. Foster and A. E. Harvey worn ti to present tho document to the 1 legislature. This will bo douo to row. Speaks for Utility Structure. Frank S. Murphy presided, : opened the meeting by explaining I need of such a building, to bou;;(:l a twofold purpose that of comit-rating comit-rating the deeds of Utah's soldier; in giving to Salt Lake somctliing has been ueeded for years. He followed by F. 0. Kichmond, pri of the Commercial club, who impr the fact, that tho business men uf city favored such bu ildiug and it do their share in obtaining it t br-donatious. br-donatious. Ho said that alt bougr donations were made from the f the building would bo carried thr Will G. Farrell, president of Itotary club, pledged the supper that organization for tho consto' and described hi3 visit in such as-, fice in Portland, Ore. He sugsi the erection of a like . building, r: provides spae'e for a state niusetitu. That soldiers returned from ' seas would appreciate far more a t ing that could be utilized torpor purposes rather than a sliituo or re: nient, was explained by Captain 1-former 1-former commander of A battery of' Hoth field artillery, who recently 1 back from France. Captain Koitcr-i there would bo several thousand men back borne soou, and re:: would appeal to them more tear building in which they could gate and use to advantage Tho support of labor organic: was pledged by A. E. Harvey, f tary of the state federation of He urged that the building b f-: as soon as possible and while ; thoughts of our soldiers were f' upon tho minds of the people. Senator Richard Stringhara of : stato legislature said that :. could uot pledge the appropriat'Ot ." the state himself, ho was in fat-it fat-it and ho believed that t be sum bo obtained through quick 'actio; tho people, beforo the present incloses, in-closes, if some suitable plan (s: worked out, showiDg that the peep.' favoring il. v Several members of tbo War ers 'association also spoeC an'l denccd their ilesire to sec the K a reality within a i-hort lirac i-. of an edifice talked of aci : erected. |