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Show Road Celebration I Set for Wednesday I Joint Committee on Arrangements Prepares Elaborate Program Pro-gram for Event to Signalize Completion of Ogden-Salt Ogden-Salt Lake Concrete Highway injn The biggest Joint celebration In the BH history of Weber. Salt Lake and Davis jrjjJ counties will be held at Lagoon. Aug- HH ust IS, when tho completion of the concrete highway between Salt Lake ggSSH and Ogden will be duly observed, If the Joint committee on arrangements LH is successful. D One of the lending features of tho Hk. celebration will ! the double parade, which will leave Ogden and Salt Lake respectively at 1 o'clock sharp, meet-j Ksjj cn ri bon will marl; the completed Junction of the road Or Former Governor William Spry, un- Wrfk der whom the work war started, and, L?M Governor Simon Bamberger. In whose, Hfl administration It in being completed j E5fl will serve the ribbon, officially open-; flfcjM lug the 1.. 1: il. " Htretch of concrete highway between the Mississippi river and the Pacific S,AW ? BIAY0RS TO TAKT PAlEtT. Jm Mayor Frank Francis of Ogden and . Mayor Neslln of Salt Lake have both JB been requested to take part in the cele- Efl ; brntlon and to declaro next Wednes- ; day a half holiday In order that every- J . one in the three counties may be free to participate in the gala celebration. The Lagoon resoit will be the con-; IXa Ur r ""' I' sli. i-.i -h. following and Ogden motorists meet at the glv-! glv-! en point A triumphal gateway has j been erected In honor of the occasion. ithrouiTh which the paraders will pass into the grounds. Addresses by members of the pioneers pion-eers who came to L'tah in 1848. together to-gether with addreadea by Governor nibi rper. ex-Governor Spry. James j Uevlne of Ogden uic.l other speakers. Will be made nt the LugOOO race track. Two survivors, who Helped blaze the trail In the days of tho Indian, will be featured on the program RACE ON CAY1 M S. It Is expected that gruulsons of some of tho famous puny express riders will probably be pitted against one another in races on western cav-usos, cav-usos, and more than a scoi f of 1'tali Indian's will take part In the sport program Automobile races and motorcycle races will also be featured. It Is said Motor riders v-tll be on hand to thrill tho fans, one of the events to bo a handicap affair in which an ox team Will travel one mile wnile a motor rider attempts to travel :'5 miles. Other Interesting events for the sport card are being completed. Officials of the Weber club of Ogden, city and county officials and hundreds of Ogdeniles are expected to Join in the celebration which will officially open the Ogden-Salt Ogden-Salt Lake hlcha |