Show iTAY Of LINCOLN I IS OBSERVED ll IN C TY That Lincoln's birthday is growing in favor in Utah as a legal h holiday since the legislature of 1909 passed an act designating It as a holiday was evid evident nt in Salt Lake today At the capitol all of the offices were closed A Afew Afew Afew few of the heads hads of departments and andone andone andone one or two clerks shows up to clean cleanup cleanup cleanup up unfinished business but there was waa no attempt at general work The Tile en entrance entrance entrance en- en trance to the building was locked anti ami it was only by summoning a guard that one could gain admission to the building The offices at the city and county building were closed for the day as were all of the banks and nd the he majority of the offices of business men The day was not observed d extent by bythe bythe bythe the merchants of the city r nearly all of whom kept their stores open all aU day It was explained by some of or them that as the date fell on Saturday this year and that little public notice had been been given that given that the da would be generally observed they did not think it wise to close At the postoffice holiday hours were observed Members of the Deseret Association of Life Lire Underwriters will hold their second annual banquet at the Newhouse New New- house hotel at 7 o'clock tonight An elaborate program has been arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged for the occasion The Progressives of the tile state are putting In a busy day The state committee committee com corn held a meeting this morning morning- another meeting is being held this af af- af The gathering will wind up tonight with a banquet at the Hotel Utah In the various schools of the city Lincoln's birthday was celebrated with addresses and sketches on the life lire of I the emancipator I |