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Show election of successor to -Head Consul Foley- Mr. Foley announced today that ha wasno longer a passive candidate to succeed himself, but would enter Into an cctive contest for the place. There are two other candidates for the office. Head Clark Boak of LenTr and Editor Keith of the Butt Miner. Each la backed by the delegation from his home Btate, and will have a conalderabla following.- Part of the work of the convention will be th location of permanent headquarters headquar-ters for the Women of Woodcraft. Several Sev-eral cities are competing- for the honor, among them beings Los Angle. San FranclAco. Denver, Salt Lake, Butte and Be lee City. Another work of Importance will be consideration of th project of building- a home on the Pacific coast for members of the order who are afflicted with tuberculosis. SALT -LAKE IN CONTEST Lively Scramble .Over Headquarters of Woodmen Wood-men of World. LOS ANGELE8, April 14. Delegates and visitors to the annual convention of ! the Pacific coast division of the Woodmen J of the World, which convenes in this city tomorrow, are arriving; in the city In large numbers. It Is estimated that by the opening- hour tomorrow 160 delegates and nearly 3000 visiting Woodmen will nave arrived. ar-rived. Five hundred delegates and visitors from northern California, Oregon and Washington came in on the regular and special trains Sunday night An equal number arrived yesterday over the Salt Lake line. They comprise ths Utah delegation dele-gation and visiting members. Among' the last to arrive ,were the specials bearing the delegations from Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. ' ' M Among the distinguished members of the order who are present is the only one representing- the officials of the national body. Col. Erwln of Milwaukee.-Wis., of the grand sovereign's staff. A spirited contest Is developing- over the |