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Show - MESSRS. WILLARD SCOWCROFT, JOSEPH BALLANTYNE AND CHARLES J. ROSS SUCCESSFUL IN ENDEAVORS. mi .--... .... Following n conference "with the first presidency in Salt Lake yesterday announcement was made in this city last evening by Willard Wil-lard Scowcroft, Joseph Ballantyne and Charles J. Ross that the Ogdeu Og-deu Mormon Tabernacle choir would make the trip to New York next November and sing the "Irrigation Ode" at the National Land show. The selection of the Ogden choir has been made positive through the withdrawal of the Salt Lake organization and the obtaining ob-taining of the full consent and sanction of the church authorities. President of the Mormon Church, Who Favors Proposed Trip of ' Ogden phoir. According to tho latest idevelop-ments, idevelop-ments, as made public last evening, the engagement in New York will be the crowning event of u trip which will give ltah an unlimited amount of favqrable advertising. It is tho intention in-tention to turn tho trip to Now York Into a concert tour and tho plan reveals re-veals tho distinction that it will be the largest musical organization which has ever made a tour In the United States. It Is estimated that the expenses ex-penses of the tour will reach the enormous sum of 10,000. May Give Concerts In Large Cities. It is expected that this amount and more will be turned' back into the treasury of the choir by engagements In all of the principal cities of tho East and middle-West. Preliminary arrangements will probably be made for concert engagements in Chicago, Boston, Washington, Baltimore and all other large cities which can insure satisfactory sat-isfactory financial returns. For some time past negotiations have been going on for the selection of one of Utah's leading singing organizations or-ganizations to render tho "Irrigation Ode," at the big land show, and the question was settled yesterday when a coramltteo of prominent Ogden men, consisting of Willard Scowcroft, pjes-ident pjes-ident of the choir organization; Jo-soph Jo-soph Ballantyne, director, and Charles J. Ross, manager, held a conference with tho first presidency. Precldent Smith Favors Trip. Upon returning to this city last evening eve-ning tho committeo announced that President Joseph Smith had fully sanctioned the selection of the Ogden choir aud expressed himself as highly high-ly in favor of the proposed trip, He-feels He-feels that the state of Utah will bo greatly benefited by the favorablo advertising ad-vertising which Is sure to result from tho tour now planned. In view of this great good which is Buro to result, the financing of tho project orfers an opportunity for tho loyal citizens of Utah to assist in the cause of the state. An idea of tho magnitude of the undertaking may be gained from thu $40,000 expense, but it is bettor illustrated whon it is known that the travellngr choir will consist of two hundred voices. Tho choir will travel In a speciartra'in, and BH90ivHbb the entire trip will probably consume four or five weeks. Choir Is Second to None. The ability of the Ogden choir has been spread broadcast throughout tho country and the organization is well prepared, from a musical standpoint to represent Utah, a state which has gainel eminence In the musical world. Tho tour of the choir will be endorsed and supported as a state-wide proposition propo-sition and those behind the movement are anxious to enlist tho support of every citizen of the state of Utah. To Whom Credit Is Due. In tho selection of the local choir for the Important engagement unlimited credit is due Messrs. Scowcroft, Ballantyne Bal-lantyne and Ross, who have labored long and earnestly in the interests of tho Ogden organiz'ation. Credit is also duo Fred J. Keisel, who has brought everything to bear on the officials of the land show in fayor of the Ogden choir. When he opened up the negotiations between the land shoW manager, Mr McClurg, and the choir management, it was then that Messrs. Scowcroft, j Ballantyne and Ross began their la-bore la-bore in the Interests of the organization. organiza-tion. They were also instrumental In sending the choir on its tour of tho West, at which time tho irrigation ode, written especially for the Ogden singers sing-ers by Mrs. McClurg, was rendored before an audience of 20,000 at the Portland Exposition' and 15,000 people at Sacramento. The national land show in Now York city will be held November 2 to 9, inclusive, in-clusive, and arrangements have not j yet progressed sufficiently to determine deter-mine whether the concert tour will be made before or after these dates. SALT LAKE CITY, April 3. New York city will hear two Mormon tabernacle tab-ernacle choirs, each with 200 voices, during the Land and Irrigation exposition expo-sition at Madison Square Garden next November. Jtlvalry letveen the Salt Lake and Ogden choirs led the church authorities to pronounco against an eastern engagement on the ground that the anti-Mormon publications In tho magazines would prevent a cordial cor-dial reception, but since the invitation has been extended to both organizations organiza-tions the objection is withdrawn. Salt Lake's Counter-move. Tho Salt Lake Hearld-Republican claims the Salt Lake choir is to represent rep-resent Utah in Now York. That paper , asks- "Which choir will go to New York," and then proceeds to answer, as follows: The Salt Lake Tabernacle choir was engaged yesterday to sing in iMadison Square garden, New York City, by the management of tho American Amer-ican Jand and Irrigation exposition for ten days beginning November 3, 1911, and -until tho termination of the exposition November 12. On the other hand, representatives of the Ogden Tabernaclo choir laid their side of tho matter before tho first presidency of the Mormon church yesterday at noon and thev were given permission to go to New York to sing at the land show. The Salt Lake choir has the contract con-tract to fill the engagement, 'but tho Ogden choir has the permission to do so. ' The contract binding both tho Salt Lake choir and the exposition management man-agement was signed yestorday by E. H. Pierce, H. S. Ensign and Bonjamin Goddard. the oxecutivo committee of the Tabernacle choir and Gilbert McClurg, Mc-Clurg, goneral manager of tho exposition. exposi-tion. By tho terms of tho contract the choir will be paid $2,000 for Its services, and in addition, will have the use of the concert hall at Madison Square garden each week night for the purpose of giving concerts, the proceeds from which will he retained by the choir. '1 The choir-hasbeon. invited io sing ?at ra banquet 'W Ujo 'Waldorf-Astoria hotel on the evening preceding tho opening of tho exposition, and to which will be invited President Taft, Governor Bix, Mayor Gaynor, Lewis W Hill, Chairman James J Hill and all mombeis of the advisory and governing gov-erning boards of tho exposition, including in-cluding John Henry Smith. Sonator -Rcod Smoot, Governor William Spry, F J KIcscl, J a. Widtsoe, Horace Havomoyer und others. Ogden Gets Busy. Tho plan to have one of tho well-known well-known singing organizations of Utah to take part In the great land exposition exposi-tion -next November unexpectedly became be-came revivified yesterday when Joseph Jos-eph Ballantyne, Willard Scowcrort and Charles J. Ross, all of Ogden, presented to the first presidency of tho Mormon, church plans showing that they would ber able to finance the tour to ,New York. Mr. Ballantyne Ballan-tyne was enthusiastic over the plans of the Ogden people and said that his organization had kept In activo touch with Manager McClurg and had been assured of financial aid both from Ogden people and from other parts of the stale. "The expenses for the tour," said Mr Ballantyne. "will not be more than 35,000, and the expenses of the Journey can bo covered In a great wlso by the giving of concerts whllo en route to the metropolis," On showing show-ing the first presidency thnt they would be able to finance the tour, thoy were assured that no objoctlon would be raised to their going It was pointed out that upon the majority of other occasions the Salt Lake choir hod been given the sanction sanc-tion of the church to ropresent tho people of this state and that the Salt Lake organization had not only been allowed to go to tho world's fair at Chicago In 1893, but had made various vari-ous concort tours to California, and had been present at tho Alaska-Yukon exposition at Seattle thus in fairness this opportunity should come to the Ogden choir as r matter of justice Shortly after the Ogden men hud conferred with the first presidency the following telegram was sent to Gilbert McClurg, goneral manager of the exposition. "Gilbert McClurg, Singer Building, New York City: Letter and contracts receled, your terms accepted. Consider Con-sider negotiations closed. Lettor follows fol-lows confirming this wire. E. H Pierce, H S. Ensign, Benjamin Goddard, God-dard, official committeo Tabernacle choir." Can Finance Tour. E H. Pierce, manager of the Salt Lake Tabernacle choir, said last night that financial backers for the Salt Lake organization had been secured, although actual subscriptions had not bcon taken for the reason that they did not feel justified in taking subscriptions sub-scriptions until tho engagement had been signed up Mr. Pierce said that ho knew that Mr Ballantyne had laid his plans before the first presidency In an effort to obtain Its sanction, but that he understood that either organization organi-zation would have the church backing back-ing which secured the contracts and at tho same time showed assurance that sufficient financial backing was behind It. |