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Show i VETERANS AND OTHERS GET BUSY PREPARING FOR THE BIG GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT. Oflden Will. Be Ready to Furnish Sult-ablo- Accommodations for -the Visitors. The encral committee, consisting of members ofHhe Dix-Logan post of ' the G. A. R . the' Merchants' association, associa-tion, the Weber ciub and other city organizations, or-ganizations, met last night at the Weberclub' We-berclub' rooms to consider the details de-tails of the caring for the 75.000 visitors visit-ors which are expected. to Journey to this state during the re-union of the I veterans of the war of 'CI. which will be held Jn Salt Lake August 9-14; Inclusive. In-clusive. - ,14 It. was voted by the joint committee I to ak the city for a "PP"1'" ! of - $1,500 and an additional 1.500 from the county, and Mayor Brewer was asked to appoint the committee to attend to the matter. . It is expected that the city and county wfll act favorably on the appropriation ap-propriation suggestion, in consequence, conse-quence, . parti v. of the personal com-! com-! municatlon which was read before the city council Monday night from Governor Gov-ernor Spry, in whfch 'he asked that tne'citv fathers make a suitable appropriation ap-propriation for the purpose of caring for and entertaining the visitors. At first it was thought'the committee commit-tee would endeavor to arrange au "Ogden day" during the encampment, but later it wa3 considered wiser to merelv arrange to handle the oerflow which' will surely come here, and the meeting . last night was. for the pur-1 pur-1 pose, of deciding the details of the entertainment, en-tertainment, and housing of the grey heroes making Ogden their headquarters. |