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Show w GENERAL LIGGETT MB OTHER ARIV MEH CONFER IN OGOEN Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, commander of the western department and third ranking oft. cor of the Unlced Slates army, was In Ogden yesteriay. i in coniereDce wiui u: igaoier tenerui iB. A. Poore and his aide. Lieutenant .George T. Walker. General Liggett was accompanied by Colonel Glid He left last night for Spokane. General Liggett actached no special ; importance to his trip, slating that he j was merely making an Inspection o? I various army posts o his departme nt, jthis being the first opportunity to do so since he returned from France. While the conference was being carried car-ried on, Deputy Shetiff Bert Crites, who drove the general's cr in France 'arrived at the Reed hotel and asked permission to see the g?nral. This! ( pi mission was gr:iniea ana tne g?n ral not only rmeinbe1 ed tho name of 'his former chauffeur; but gave him a hearty welcome and introduced birn jas "one of his best drivers." General Liggett was especially Interested In-terested in the American Legion of1 ! Ogden and expressed regret that he, w-ould not be able o stay over for he Armistice day celebration, j I'pon hearing that Captain T R Ward had been Ocrtc-t! oommissioner ! of i lie city, he expressed genuine 'n-terest 'n-terest and said that U was a pleasure I for him to see the appreciation of ' Ogdenites for an ex service man. He told Captain W ard that if the i boys in the American Legion did as' much in this country as the c L' overseas, over-seas, that the count rv would be B&fe |