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Show I TUX SESSIONS I OPENJ S, L II Men From AN Farts of United I States Attending Con-1 Con-1 vention SALT LAKE, rpt 7. Governor Simon Bambrrprr, in a rlncln ad-drrp.-., welcomed the memlx tra of th? (National Tax association fo Salt Lake last nlcht for their thirteenth annual 1 convention. Men from all parts of the yJ United States are attending the aea- "l realize." Paid Governor Dambr HH cer, "that I am talking to the men who are the brains of the forty eight stated Of the union, and of the terrltorU jl In these words the povernor of Utah. tH speaking al the Hotel Utah .-ummed ' up his Idea of the importance of the as- jfM sc-mblac- whicb began last niqht and H which will continue until Friday ave- nine in almost continuous session The jl proceeding of last night were largely .,;4 Informed In character for the purpose of getting acquainted The business session of the convention bes:ns today, L and the Initial meeting was to gel oil ' B of the wav a certain .'.mount of detail! K that must be disposed of and to leave W the way clear for earnest work on tin' i p. rf of the delegates The session was marked by the larg F A est and also the most representative . Jf attendance at any initial session of the jfl association. Governor D. W. Davis of : JtJ Idaho, who was called to the cbair by Nils P. Haugon. president of the or- (;anizallon, announced that delegates had registered from thirty-eight states of the union. In addition to representatives represen-tatives from the District of Columbia, the territory of Hawaii, Porto Rico and Canada. Representatives from other states were known to be on the way, and It is the belief now that when all the delegates have registered there will be more states represented at the Salt Lake convention than at any other meeting of the association. With the exception of two sessions to be held at Saltair today, the association asso-ciation will meet at the Hotel Utah. Numerous entertainment features have been provided for both delegates and their wives and frlendS, but the determination deter-mination of the convention; as expressed ex-pressed last night, was for four days of hard work, with comparatively little lit-tle relaxation for the delegates them j oo |