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Show Official Opening of State Road to be Held Tomorrow . The official opening of tho Ogden Salt Lake highway which was recently recent-ly completed will be staged at Kami ington tomorrow afternoon, tho celebration cele-bration to start promptly at 230 o'clock. Parades leaving ogden and Salt Lake and kjjOSdSd by business men of each city will leave the respective cities promptly at 1 o clock, meeting at Kann Ington at 2 o'clock TO OPEN CEREMONIES. Governor Simon Hnmbcrger and ex I Governor William Spry will officially open tho ceremonies A blue ribbon will bo severed at Farmlngton by the present nnd former state governors officially opening the longest Btrctch of pavement between the Mississippi river and the Pacific coaBt. The last link will be opened with thousands of onlookers present according to thoso in charge, a card of rapid fire events being on the program. It was under former Governor Spry'-t administration thut the road w;:s si art cd and under Governor Liambcrger that It is being finished. With the exception excep-tion of a short stretch at the viaduct the road Ih entirely completed Tho viaduct will be ready for use within the next thirty days It Is reported. Tho party leaving Offden will be headed b the off Icall car carrying pa rade committeemen, Charles Barton, J. W. Wilcox, Frank Stevens and B6WS-paper B6WS-paper men. The other machines will lollow the official car. MAYOR'S INVITATION. Mayor Frank Francis of Ogden urged a general obervance of the day He inviies the business houses of Ogden .mil tln people generally "to observe thn afternoon of Wsdnesdsy, August IS a a hulf hollda In order that fit -tins recognition be given to the celebration cele-bration of the completion of the con crete highway between Ogden and Salt Lakl ' The mayor also urged that a large I delegation from Ogden attend the ex-j crcisea at Farmington following tho i j arrival of the two parades irom Ogden j 1 nnd Sail Lake. AT LAGOON. When the two automobile parades meet at Farmlngton the silken ribbon I will bo severed and the parade con jtlnued to the Lagoon race track where the program will be officially opened. I Addressee will be mut'e b" Governor Isimon Bamberger, e. Governor Wl-jllam Wl-jllam Spry. James Devlno of Ogden, Mayor Nerlln of Salt Lake, nnd Mayor Francis of Ogden. and Davis county city mayors. Two veterans of the party which came to Utah In 1847, both residents of Davis Count will In ihelr addresses tell of the roads of yesterday as compared com-pared with those of today. Baseball games, races and oilu-r athletic events will be featured on the upon card One of the Interesting features will be the dance by the 0te Indiana now at the resort The road connects the two principal 'cities of Ihe stall' and will mark down 'a new phase In transportation with ihe addition of seera new auto freight. Illnes being planned from the two dl lea Two large firms are now operating operat-ing such lines and others will enter 'the field next spring. |