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Show CITY STREETS ARE DESERTED AS HOLIDAY THRONGS DEPART - I j top :i ;: Many Celebrations in Nearby Towns; Resort Attractions At-tractions and Cool Fishing Streams Call Thousands Away Opden's downtown district present-so1 present-so1 a deserted scene today with the holiday thrones spending the day In outings In the mountains, on fishing trliis :md :t .summer resorts I ntll noon there were very few persons on the streets and most of these were dressed In khaki OUtlhg ii i is. preparing to leave the city for other points. The only activity In celebration or rioneer dav In the city was n pro-frrnm pro-frrnm oi sports mush :il ihiiiiIms ;m.l addresses held In Liberty park h.--pinninK at ft o'clock and continuing throughout the dav. PUBLIC 01 l M i:s QUIF7T. All city :ud county buildings, courts, stores and offices are to b closed throughout the day. n- delivery de-livery of mall came from the local-postoffice local-postoffice and many or the snip n.-re roiw .., '.-..ni duly ut noon. A. holiday was also (tiven workers at the government arsenal near Suns. I Eariv this morninir many pioneers of Weber county left the i n for Elall Lake where they will attend the li- f oneer day celebration. They went bv train and automobile. At 8 o'clock ! the members of the Ogden Ladies' j municipal band were taken to the Sail Lake celebration In automobile. i i'ii inations are be f tig held in many towns throughout weber county and an elaborate parade end program have been arranged to be held in Brigham. (.IT EARLY START. Manv residents of (gden left the 1 eity Sunday and some Saturday af-I af-I t--i noon and eeninsr to spend the I double holiday in eaniplnp and lisii i inK in all parts of the state. Practically all summer resorts In I the ogden vicinity are offering special spe-cial fedtures for the day. At Lagoon La-goon automobile races and airplane stunts are on the program this afternoon af-ternoon and other resorts are offering offer-ing programs of sports ami epei lal events. It was estimated that nearly 200 pioneers of the county are in s. i Lake today taklnp part In the celebration cele-bration there which Is to be one of the largest ever held |