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Show SALT LAKE CITY WILL I ENTERTAIN THE OLD FOLKS' Salt Lake, May 25. There" will be a convention of old folks in Salt Lake June 29, at which all over the age of 70, who dwell in Utah from Brlgham City on the north to Provo on tho I fouMi. will be eligible to free trans-j trans-j jortatlon to Salt Lake City as the guests of the railroad companies and the Old Fo'lcs' central committee. In addif?o"n to train ridesf, automobile i rlde;, a big ' reunion on the temple tem-ple fc-quare, will be In order. Refreshments Refresh-ments will be served and there will bo a big gathering In the tabernacle, at which addresses will be made by Pr2s- ident Joseph F. Smith, Governor William Wil-liam Spry, Mayor Dransford and other . leading citizens. The Tabernacle 1 chair and pomp of. the best soloists !a the city will also be among the tea- j lures of the huge gathering. 1 This statement was made by a ! member of the- Old Folks' cemnl committee this morning, who said: "T2:e 'Old Folks' will be entertalmvl In Sait Lake this year, on Tuesday, June 29." This was the final decision, decis-ion, reached at' a meeting of thoi Oil Folks central committee on Saturday. The arrangement is the outgrowth of u wsh expressed by C. R. Sav;i!,'e, Just previous to his death. It l now twelve years since the people ot the city entertilned the old folks. For many years the old folks of Salt Lake have beer entertained by the people of the cities and towns, both nortli and south of the city, and trips have been made, as far south as Payson and to Htlgham City on the north.. Guests of Railroads. The plan agreed upon was for the ' Salt Lake old folks, with the help of j cery big-hearted citizen to enter- ; tain the old folks or adjacent cities, j W. H. Bancroft, general manager of : the O. S. L. railroad, through his chief clerk. Georgo K. Smith, has generously gen-erously offered to provide free transportation trans-portation for the old folks frorfi Brlgham Brlg-ham City and other towns In Boxel.ler county, also from Ogden and the several sev-eral wards In Davis county. Col. I. A. Benton, one of the old folks' railway friends, has arranged to do the honors from Pason, Provo and the intermediate interme-diate cities. 1 "It is expected that 2.000 people, 70 ' yearn '"'of age and upwards will" be brought to Salt Lake over both rail- 1 road systems. A committee has been appointed to communicate with the president of the Salt Lake Auto club, as well as each individual auto owner, asking them lo meet the trains at the several depots and receive the veterans and make the hearts of the aged glad, by treating them lo a ride through the city. "PJach person will be provided with . a flag, and (he parade will be headed by a band. After the auto pacade is over the visiting old folks will be served with refreshments on the Temple square. I "This banquet will be in the hands ' of the Sisters' Central Committee supervisors, su-pervisors, aided by the Relief society, of the various wards. Long tables will be placed on the north side of t the tabernacle and everything done j to make the visiting guests comfortable comforta-ble and happy. i "At 12:30 p. m , a grand musical program will be given In the tabernacle taber-nacle In which the Tabernacle choir and Prof. McClellan. with many lead-j ing singers, will take part, followed by short speeches from President Smith, Governor Spry, Mayor Bransrord and other leading men. The musical program pro-gram will be for all the old folks of Salt Lake as well as the visitors and will be free to all persons 70 years of . ago and upwards, without regard to I creed or color. "The committee in a few days will I send out Invitations to the various ' wards and hcttlemcnts, with full instructions in-structions regarding trains, railway tickets and other Information necessary, neces-sary, so that nil things will move in perfect order no hurry, and every-body every-body happy. |