Show THE ML YANKS laimo A R E U state american legion convention to be held in brigham august 67 8 the dates for or holding the department of utah legion convention this year were set sunday at a meeting held in salt lake lahe city at which james A drain national commander of the american legion and representatives from eleven western states were present the state convention this year will be held at brigham city and the date was fixed tor for august ath ath and ath at the nie meeting eting sunday representatives from six ot of the states including utah arranged their department convention dates by agreement agree mentin in such a manner that it will be possible lor for commander drain to attend all ot of them he said he would attempt to do this atter after a conference of the six states a committee composed ot of lester F alberts ot of idaho george P griffiths ot of or oregon e on and john E booth ot of utah waited on the national commender slid and obtained his approval of the plan those at the conferences sunday included evan evaa S stallcup and W E ripley hipley of arizona dr john F and E ingram of california john C vivian and morton al david 0 of colorado dr G B crabtree slid and lester F albert of idaho W J jones and lawrence doyle os of montana joseph al kane lew AL meder ana and scott ot of ne ana ot of ne harrington vada george P griffith and carl R moser ot of oregon george Quee queensbury asbury of 0 new mexico henry B henderson G L lehmer and H G chambers ot of wyoming lloyd G hill and J kelly de priest of washington anil and the following from utah john E booth kirke AI decker mrs J U M J trotman mrs 0 F mcshane mrs S V K X saxton harold W brangham wayne T allcox Wll 1111 cox E H living ston C C bakes lewis jones and mathew compton commander drain will be in brigham city on august ath and will be the principal speaker at a gigantic americanism program to be held in the tabernacle that evening national officers of the legion and auxiliary are also expected to be present and participate in the meeting the local post has been busy the past winter laying plans for the staging of this big three day convention the attendance is expected to be unusually large and a canvas of tile the town will be made in ill the near future with the view of ascertaining the number of guests the residents a as s well as the hotels can accommodate a aco in the fights staged the last few months have aided the local post in ili its efforts to raise funds to put the con bention over with a bang |