Show provo utah auga 1910 A mr fr thonia it 11 blackburn Blacic burn chairman u peach day i brigham city utah litah dear mr blackburn Black buin I 1 am in receipt of your kind invitation of august 3 1910 inviting myself and wife to be present at the greatest peach day exhibit in the greatest peach city in our fair state on september 7 1910 I 1 can call ashute you that if conditions are such that I 1 can be with you I 1 will take pleasure in being there it may be that 1 shall be lit in st paul on that day attending the annual meeting of the national conservation association 1 I 1 wish to sincerely thank you for your invitation and I 1 feel positive that whether I 1 am there or not the occasion will be a great success and a day long to be remembered yours very truly REED SMOOT P S I 1 am just lit in receipt of a letter front from lion theodore roosevelt la in which lie he says my dear senator I 1 wish I 1 could be with the people of utah on oil september ith for peach day daiy but as I 1 shall be in milwaukee on that date it will be impossible for me to accept your kind invitation much as I 1 should like to do so a 0 0 a salt lake city utah aug 4 1910 NJ mr r thomas II if blackburn Black buru chairman invitation committee brigham city utah my dear sir in the ati absence gence of senator sutherland I 1 beg to acknowledge receipt ot of your very cordial invitation to sena ind and mrs sutherland to attend the peach day exhibit on september I 1 shall call the senators attention to your letter immediately upon ills his return to the city next week but may say to lo you at this time that lie he ha has already made arrangements to iea leaie for minneapolis about september 2nd and and to be gone until about september loth yours very truly HORACE H 11 SMITH salt lake city aug 8 1910 mr jr thomas 11 II blackburn chairman committee on invitation brigham city utah dear mr blackburn I 1 mrs spry joins me in tha thanking riling you for the cordial invitation of the good people of brigham city to attend the peach day celebration at brigham city september ath though we cannot definitely accept your invitation at this time we will use ue every effort to so arrange our ap all a to be able to partial rate hite H iab von tn in fest festival lyal cordially i ours WILLIAM SPRY |