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Show COBIilH; Milestone Dedication Planned on Arrival 0f U. S. Motor Train. Banquet at Weber Club and Street Parade Fea. tures of Visit I Special to The Tribune A UtilMOX Aug ,;.,, of . lures ol the vlslt of tho ar,f ' corps tomorrow afternoon will I,," V I dedication of a milestone i ' Hall park, facing Wnshi,,,,,,, 1 Ul? V 1'he dedication iU be (,,;,,. j"'. Lieutenant Colonel C. y. M,.(llt 'i I command of the motor cmlvov" ' Ostcrman, vice president of tho u,,' H Highway association, iuu p,. "j1 Johnson, who will m,a ',1 after the speeches by Milv,. T Browning and M. P. l;,,,,,,. ' 1 commissioner. The milestone ,,,,,'J the distance and lime the ,V,1V I I ra veled stnee leaving Waslnn v, the arrangements for oa,j,,., monument were made bv Johns i president of (he Merchants' ,ry',' ot Ogden. The monument ,v,' i . granite, thirty inches in lici,i ty-tour inches in width and eiHiiVh thick. On the top of Hie shUi i 'I inscribed: ; U a. Annv Motur T,;,,"'1 port Corps, Milestone, Jill!)." On tho face of the slab' will k, ,i, following: "Companies K :m, y , , Army Supply train, United Stales' Lieutenant Colonel I'. VY. MHinr,. ,, , ;' mnnder; Captain Bernard M,m' ,),,. , V train commander. Left zero inii, ' Washington, 1). ('., , ,. ,,,,,, ti , San hrancisco. They reached tl,0 p ') milestone . miles from 'a,ni ton, August, !!)l!)." Th,. i'i"- urea will be inserted as soon as nhiijj.' able from the official rcconls ..f t convoy upon its arrival in the (in. Passes Night at Echo. i From the indications liascil un,u i,., ports received today, the convoy nill-'l reach Ogden between 2 and II o'ek-ck tomorrow afternoon. Tlie cornnv li:M) ;t arrived at Echo for the niglil am! wnuLl'" leave there at 6:30 o'clock t jinrn-iv morning, reports said. It is cxvi,dJJ the trucks will travel at Hip iai,. ( about five miles an hour down UYIut canyon. The advance gnanl of liie ; motor transport, a unit of engiiui'r-, reached Ogden tonight, with m.j ' trucks, one of which carried I lie kuni -, furnished for the trip by a rubkr ., company. ,: T. De Witt Foster, secretary of Urn n Utah State Automobile association, and ... Captain Frank C. Bird, uf Halt l,kr; John S. Lewis, president, of t be .Mpr- -chants' association of Og'len; the Hev...( J. E. Carver, of the War Camii I'mn-munity I'mn-munity service, and Charles 11. Larfoa. -! representing the Weber e.luh. met Uio.;.-train Uio.;.-train east of Echo and escorted t hcai to , Echo. Mr. Foster and Captain Bird -came into Ogden tonight. Roads Are Good. In speaking of the roads hotnn . Echo and Ogden, Mr. Foster said llif)' !; were in good condition and would Hi-able Hi-able the convoy to make good I i rne lo Ogden, considering the sharp tunn i: and inclines. He declared tin: ? association had completed building I'.e . road through the detour distriit :a , Clearfield. The road has been oiled and rolled, and shortens distance to l( traveled. The possible early arrival of tin' voy in Ogden will permit carry in2'it . essentially the program for the !'?' tainment'of the men, as wiis wigut intended. Jt will include merlin!.' l( . .' convoy at the city limits by ci'y ''; fieials and committees with flic U'Ji" ! Military band. The trucks t lien rf : parade the streets, and at thr . sion of the parade the trucks will :a' i upon Lake street and Hudson wij , through the city hall parks, and additional room be needed, the vchna will use Twentv-sixth street, bebvs'i -Grant and Washington avenues, u r order to permit tlie men of 1 ho (. panics to have full recreation the pr-'K, department has arranged for i IW,t number of officers to guard the t"K" r night and day. . Clubs to Be Open. The men are to be given the ' free- ? dom of the clubs during their su.- Ogden. The Eagles' club and Mint." ium baths will be open to tM S Fruit and watermelons will lie '- , uted by the fruit growers, and pie- , cakeswith sandwiches, drinks, ... and cigarettes by the Red L workers. In the evening the be guests at the theaters. f A banquet will be lender ficers of the convoy at the which will be in the nature o V roads meeting. Good road "'t of the city will be present, t with officers of the nited . reau of good roads of the T 1 ! trict. Warren L. Wall V " 1D: the Weber club, will preside Jt ,ni ""The convoy Till leave M J .; o'clock for l?ilt Lake. - r; Mr. Foster will acts aspdots |