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Show HOLIDAY SOUGHT ON FEBURARY 22 ' By formal resolution, members of the Salt Lake City lodge No. to, B. P. O. Elks, requeeted Salt Lake City bueineeemen to doss their stores on Washington's birthday, February 22, and to display ths American flag and Washington's picture. Copy of the resolution was forwarded for-warded to Governor Henry H. Blood, members of ths city commission, commis-sion, ths chamber of commerce, retail re-tail merchants' association and ths United Veterans' council. Gus P. Backman, chamber secretary, referred re-ferred the proposal ts ths retail trades committee. The resolution set forth that February Feb-ruary 22 ehould be observed in memory of "The Father of Our Country." with "ths thought uppermost upper-most that he exemplifies ths spirit of America" "Elkdom breathes that spirit and dsslrss, with other patriotic organisations, organi-sations, to Inculcate that spirit to ths youth of America." the resolution resolu-tion states. |