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Show STATE LEGIOII MEMBERS OPEN PHIGEJPIIG Delegates From North Arouse Sleepers With Band Concert at 4:4A M; on Arrival of Train PRICE. Aug. t. fltlxens of this city were swakened from their elumbere at 4:41 thla morning when the delayed Denver dt Rio Grande Western train bearing the Salt Lake delegation of the Utah American Ameri-can legion arrived here nearly eight houra late. The train had been held at Thistle by washout In ths mountaina eaat of there. leU-galea...frotn Logno-Brlgham City, l'rovo. Salt Lake City and other point north, who attempted the trip by automobile, have not arrived yet. They are held by badly flooded roada in tha Spanish Kork canyon, the reeult of heavy rain in tha mountaina lata yeaterday. When the tram bearing tha Vela-galea Vela-galea rolled Into the elation here tha hand nf the Seventy-eixth Field artillery struck up popular aire It waa not long before tha cttlsena of Price forsook eheir beds te turn out and welcome the ex -soldier and a good tlmo waa enloyed. ' . COMMITTII MIlTs, N After breakfaet waa aerved tha veteran hastened to headquarters to register. More than already had left -their namea and poet credential cre-dential before It: I, when there waa a meeting of tha executive committee. At 1 o'clock there aeaa an automobile parade through the buslnasa eection of tha city. . Commander Alvln M. Owsley waa accompanied In tha flrat car by !r. Kale Barrett, prealdent of tha Wo-man' Wo-man' Auxiliary, Governor 'Mahay. Dr. 11. W. Black and Mayor C. Clarence Clar-ence Neslen of Salt Lake. In tha second car there were Adjutant General W, U. Wllllama, f'onkreaa-men f'onkreaa-men K. O. Ieatherweod and Ixm B. Coll on and Secretary or State H. R. Crockett. Ihirbln Van Law, W. D. Hutli.li. Mrs. C. V. K. Hsxton and Mayor W, W. Jones wsre next and several other cara followed before tha boa oar of poor "goofa," aa tha memoere of the Forty and tight were labeled. . FIRST SESSION HELD. - At l:M thsr wa a Joint meeting of tha American Legion and the Women' auxiliary, presided ever by the department commander, B. W. & Jack. An address of welcome wel-come wa delivered by Harry K. Keens, commander ef the Prloe poet of the I'slon. He waa followed by Carl H. Marcuaen for tha legion and another response waa delivered by B. S. Clendenln. . The flrat regular eeealon of th convent Ion waa called to order at the Price eft hall by Commander Owaley later. . After receiving the report of the committee on credentials cre-dentials and permanent organisation organisa-tion tha convention llotened lo aa address by Dr. Kale Barrett. Department Commander Black followed. lie tnld the delegetea the financial condition of the order didn't Juetify the work which wa neceaaary and ahould be areom-pllaNed areom-pllaNed by the legion. He pleeded for more athletics, aald It ahould be one of the chief affair of the organisation. He urged tha legion to have their respective post lead in athletio endeavor la their communities. com-munities. He deplored political activities and stressed the necessity of giving giv-ing mora importance to the Amer-kenlxntlon Amer-kenlxntlon of new rltlxena, when they take tha oath of allegiance aa well aa more consideration a'tar they had become clt liens. A grand ball at the high achnol In tha evening will conclude the first day's sctlvltles. . |