Show I MERCHANTS SWARM TO SPANISH FORK Association Has One of Best Conventions in Its History INDIAN VETERANS MEET TOO I I Business Men Make Interesting I Addresses and Gathering is Enthusiastic Nearly members of oC tho Retail Merchants Merchants' association attended ed the of or that body at Spanish Fork Pork yesterday ay Many of or tho the most moat prominent business men of tho state stale WIO clo present an and during tho time single II session ses ses- sloe sion of tho the day lay upwards 8 of ot a a. dozen speakers ero listened tot to t At an aim early arly hour yesterday morning a largo large nr o delegation arrived In the tho city from ironi Oden over time tho new line lino anu and were Joined by the tho Salt bait alt Lake delegation Other Othel delegations were picked nicked up at nt nearly every station sta Bla- tion along tho line lino and the accommodations of or tho town strained to the Iho limit to take tako caro of tho crowd In Jim a addition to tho Limo convention tho the In Indian Indian In- In dian war 01 veterans urn aro also hol holding ln their annual sessIon at Spanish J Fork and null something 30 t tents Aro In u use o oto to house these Tho The parade parado of or tho timo vet vot- crans during time the morning was a feature fea fea- turo ture of or th the da lay day and scenes both grave gravo antI and gR gay marked d the tho reunion Many of or ortho tho the veterans had not seen each othor other for years and tho tim number Is 11 growing pitifully smaller year by year Upon tho the arrival of or tho delegates conveyances were In waiting to transport transport trans trans- port tho the visitors to tho hotels and at nt 11 o'clock tho time convention con canio to or order order or- or der and time tho meeting S was declared open Amon Amongst st tho speakers worn Mayor Il or Mar Mar- toll tell of oC Spanish Fork Fori who In an aim address of or welcome referred to tho tIme advantages advantage to lo bo be derived l from front tho tim association of or business men banded bande to together for tho the common good of or tho the state lie was followed followed fol lot lowed by Walter Wright assistant mana manager er of or tho the Utah Ulith Credit Mens Men's as association as- as sedation who spoke briefly on the time subject of or Credits Credit Mr 11 Wright ht pointed point point- ed II out th the man many difficulties which beset hosel bo- bo set act tho the path of or tho time grantors of or credit and gave o a somo Interesting Instances I of or the time pitfalls Into which the tho unwary frequently tumble Ho Ito showed showell tho time ab- ab solute necessity of credit ami tho credit system as applied to modern business methods hut luit dwelt on tho ho fact fac that eternal vl vigilance Is tho the price o of safety BaCot when wimon It comes conies to tho time credits Order W. W Yo M. M r. r of ot Provo Prove ma mado o an Interesting address In which ho he In Indorsed Indorsed In- In the tho alms aims of oC tho the association and showed how greatly to lo the tho general ad- ad vanta o it was for both tho time producer and ind tIme the consumer to get et together to lo Ho referred their mutual advantage nd to time the evils of or tho the mall mail order house system and somo some strong examples of or the time titter futility of oC attempting to gain aln better bettor prices from mall mail order houses louses than could bo ha had from tho time local ocal dealers Somo omo row low Isolated cases there were ho said where tho the prices of or tho time catalo catalogue people were wew a few cents less than titan tho time local quotations but iut in a a. serIes of oC transactions month In iii n and month out the time buyer buer was bound boundo to o get the tho worst of oC It in the tho long run Orson II Hewlett alon along simi simi- tar ar 11 lines n 18 Ho lIo referred to time tho general prosperity of oC tho tue state stalo at large and ho time rai ld r recovery cry o which 1 Utah made mado from rom the effects of oC tho timo panic of oC last laIt fall Call lie lIo stated that It was In his cx- cx that In nearly time the whole of ot the tho ho southern part of oC the state tho ho people peo- peo jle hardly knew there hero was a panic lb lo pointed out tho the wonderful possibility It ty ity o of tho the futuro future along Industrial und and ot rf Krow r soko Ot 1 i farming farming- r and what it meant to the tho people or of orho ortho ho tho state Many Ocr Over Tho The convention hall ball was filled to overflowing and the tho meeting from start Uart to finish was a tl mo most t enthusiastic one inc Most of oC tho time delegates reached Stilt Salt Lake about 1 4 o'clock In the tho after afler- noon loon but there thero were many man who dc- dc to ata stay over o mind and tako tuko In the horse races which will be the feature jf of time the balance balanco of or tho Indian War ar Vet Vet- crans' crans reunion President ent G. G S. S McAllister and Secretary Secre- Secre tary ary Lon Len haddock ock of or the Manufacturers era ers and Merchants Merchants' association were the tho ho representatives of ot that body and nil ill of or the time officials of or tho the retail merchants merchants mer nier- chants were on hand Tho The Spanish Fork band was on hand han to provide tho timo musical end o of the tho day and the members members mem meat bers acquitted themselves nobly |