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Show ii extensive puns being made I' FOR ENTERTAINMENT OF ARMY 1 MOTOR TRANSPORT TRAIN Ii .MM ' fr 'qcnfn,ule tr ,n 1rTnV transport i,, j convoy, as announced from Grand Island, Nebraska, two days ago which brings ihe great train into Ogden at ! 5 p. in August 15 and provides for J1 i its departure to Salt Fake the loilow-' loilow-' ,U in c morning at u o k will not be . changed, according to a telegram re-,, re-,, J reived thi moinint Ironi Senutoi K( ri Smoot by President .T. S Lewis oi the y Merchants i ngden. mM It is also definitely arranged be-j be-j iji tween Mayor T. S. Browning and Rev u J. E ( arvct that the latter shall be I'B head of the committt i oi welcome, 'llrfl owing to the fan that Rev Carver I ji i- head of the Wai Camp Community HI service for this count and is held WJ responsible by the government for J itjjjj proper entertalnmenl to soldiers and ljf11 ex-son, ire men. Tin- announcement m was made this morning following a l'lif r,nl'renre between the two men Ma fJiH or Browning had been .vpeeted to L'M head the committee of welcome in his, I II offic ial capacity as mayor of the city but on reflection decided to place all Ltf entertainmenl completely in ihe hands IjH of Rev. Carver. i, The committees wl!' be appointed very soon to assist Rev. Carver in' handling the event, and although the train will remain in Ogden only over Wji night, it is intended to make the visit j Ijil here one equal to any that ha? been HA given the men anywhere on (he trans - I continental journey and one thev will I never forget Pit idi nt Lewis of the Merchants of den received the following tele-cram tele-cram this morning .rom Senator Smoot : "Washington, D. C. Aug l. 1919 "War Department states whole schedule sche-dule has been approved by the secretary secre-tary of war and advertised according' lj ; therefore impossible to revise if. Department first assured me whole da" would be spent in Ogden. (Signed) "Reed Smoot." Concerning the trip of the trans port train, the following telegram was received this morning by Mayor Drowning from Lieutenant William B Doran, publicity officer for the motor corps . "Kimball. Nebraska, Aug. 1. 1919. "Mayor of Ogden, I tan: The truck train arrived at Lexlng'on Nebraska, on Friday, where they parked in the tair grounds The train proceeded satisfactorily sat-isfactorily today despite inclement weather in this part nt the state. A big delegation of citizens met the train on the Lincoln highway and a mass meeting on good roads issues was held at the court house, wnich was attended at-tended by all officers "Dr. S N Johnson, 'acting as official spokesman, addressed the assemblage In which were prominent men from many miles around this vicinity. He spoke on the subject of 'The New Army of the United States and Good Roads for the Betterment of all Communities.' Com-munities.' "The. train proceeds westward at dawn Saturday through very bad roads and inclement weather, which has pro dllt ed a great test on the 72 big trucks of the kind used in winning the world war The train will come today about eight miles west of North Platte over roads that lead through a sea of mud "North Platte is to nresent to the commanding officer, Col. Cf W. Mc-Clure, Mc-Clure, the key to the city made of flowers in purple and vhite. A big mass mass meeting is to be held in I North Platte on Sunday evening and military sermon 1 to be delivered by Dr. S. N". Johnson, to be attended by the men of the train enmasse and also b the populace of thai elt. "The train will maintain the BChe-duli BChe-duli Bel for It, aceording to a State ment of Col. McClure and Big Springs, Nebraska, whr.o the train ar rives Monday morning Is being made the center Oi entertainment offered by eight Nebraska cities, including Big Springs, Juksburg, Ogallala and oth er l or this occasion n gigantic bar of roast steers in rgular fron tier celebration fashion f i the purpose of Impressing the train with Big Springs as the place wnere the west begins Is being prepared. "When the train arrives at that point it is to be a big feature of the dedication of a new strip of highwaj that Is termed the heart of the Lincoln Lin-coln Highway west to Salt Lake City The nervy truck drivers are performing per-forming as is expected of the flower of the motor transpoit corps of the army. This class of service appeals to young men, as It offers a chance to get an education in the operation of automobiles, trucks and gas engine.-which engine.-which Is offered nowht-re else ' Many become Interested in this service as the big train eats up miles. (n thc possibilities of s rnrcpr ih array offers chances noi bettered In any civil pursuit today, particularly for unskilled young rnen. Tht- army teach-efl teach-efl many trades and In addition givea new enrolled recruits real technical training in especially egu-ppi'd schools, putting school into the army instead of putting the army into school. "The big train experts to arrle at San Francisco on schedule, completing complet-ing great feat which s . qual to the trans-Atlantic flight. 'Col. McClure is Carrying across the continent one of the original Jonu de Arc medals, struck by the French covcrnmnl and a bronze one carried by Hrown and Al cotl across the Atlantic ocean to England Eng-land by airplane. 'Plana are being completed for the great welcome of the train as it rolls down the Sierra Nevada slope and until it arrives at 'Frisco "The constant daily grind Ifl proving a great strain, but this i- typical of the army of the United states when a goal is being attained The officials offi-cials and the men ar making good the daily schedule in tor way th war department planned Will vou give In full publicity through the newspapers news-papers 2 (Signed) "Li W... B. Doran. "Armj Publicity Officer." on ranging (hem as apartments Many Seek Homes. J. W Wilcox said last evening that i the question of securing homes was raised every n.i al hi. establishment' and that he knew hundreds of people were unable to locate In ( eden be cause of the jack of housing facilities. facili-ties. N. J. Tanner said that the samrt condition was reported frequently at his store, many of the nn rchants voicing voic-ing similar reports In the informal discus-ion thai took place prior to the adoption of the committee plan, reports from various! architects and from the City building department regarding ihe lack of bousing facilities were considered, all of thp-'c supporting the opinion expressed ex-pressed by President J. S Lewis and other members that some action ought to be taken to immediately solve the bousing problem 00 |