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Show CLUB TO FINANCE W TWO CONVENTIONS Representative Business Men Gather H at tho Commercial Club This jB Afternoon. IB SALT LAKE, March 26. An im- H portant meeting of fifty to sixty reprc- ' sontative business men was held at the Commercial club this afternoon to discuss the financing of Important i ' conventions to bo held iore during j the year, tho National irrigation con- t gross and the Transraississlppl Cora- ; merclal congress. To discuss th j " mattor the board of governors invited , well knovn citizens to attend a I luncheon given at the club shortly J i after' noon. .. 1 : After tho luncheon President W. W. Armstrong of tho Commercial club j I called the attention of the gntherlng l , to the serious business at hand; tho '; raising of a sum sufficient to credit- v ably handle tho Irrigation congress In I July and the Transmisslsslppl con- . gress In August. Mr Jensen and Mr. ) ; George A Snow followed, stating J K what both would need, the total being K not loss than $25,000, and Mr. Snow ' K thought the sum should be $35,000, to K handle both congresses as they ought K to be handled. B |