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Show COLORED PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE I EMANCIPATION DAT BY RUNNING MANY EXCURSIONS TO OODEN In a fine spirit of entbuslasm, the colored people of Ogden are making preparations for th celebration of Emancipation Day, August 4. Und r the auspices of the Improved Benevo lent Protective Order of Elks of the World, they are to meet at the Hermitage Hermi-tage Ogden canyon, and from the rip-ing rip-ing of the sun until midnight are to make high carnival The list of speakers for the event includes Governor Simon Bamberger, Mayor T S. Rrowning. the Hon Abbott Ab-bott R . Heywood, and Rev. Brannon of Ogden, Rev. Runyon of Salt Lake, and Rev. Hart of the capital city, who will deliver the Emancipation addrej-. I A full program of sporting eveujts j has been arranged, including boating, bathing, dancing and a baseball game I between teams represent int: tho colored col-ored people of Ogden and Pocatello. I'nder the direction of Chefs Dalton and E Robln.-on a big barbecue will be I a feature of the day Excursions are expected from Salt Lake. Green Rier and Pocatello, and I all the colored people of the inter-mountain inter-mountain region are encouraged to make it the greatest celebration they have ever held In this district. The benevolent order, which is car-Irying car-Irying out the ararngements, has for jits supreme purpose the betterment in I every particular of tho colored race. |