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Show I Wilson hotel, tendered him hy 1he bus- Iness men of Salt Lai:. H Is believed 1 to be a certainty that he will announce an-nounce that he will 1kx In Salt Lake. In the evening the business men will occupy sure pea's at the Jeffries Ootch show In the Hp' of entries for the big show there is on added starter In the person ef Mr. Tex Rick-I Rick-I ard. The little stunt that Tex will I do will bo to nmke a short address from the stage, telling the people why ' he has decided to firing tho big battl? to Salt Lake. Others on the program will be Frank Ootch in a handicap matrh with a local wrestler, probably Gus Anderson; lxckon and Pranke. coruedy aerobats; John Ilermanson, world's champion bag puncher; Farmer Far-mer Bums, meeting all comers on the mat and doing a little monologue that is a scream; Jack McCormkk and John Ash'll In an exhibition wrestling match; Charles and Anna Clocker. in a comic novelty physical culture wtunt. and Jewries In rope dancing, shadow boxing, bnll throwing, bag punching, and in four fast rounds with Sam Berber. Ber-ber. Seats at the Colonial for Saturday night are going so fast that it is certain cer-tain that were tho capacity twice as great the ho:se would still be crowded. Jeffries Is to appear In Og-den Og-den on Monday, and It has not yet been made known whether the champion cham-pion will remain over here Sunday or go to tho Junction City on that day. Ho may divide his time between the two cities. BIG RECEPTION FDR JJEFFERIESi Salt Lake, Jan. 20. "There Is not a I thadow of a doubt," said Tex Rick- ard this morning, "as to the location j of the Jeffries-Johnson battle. It will I bo in Salt I-ake, at the Coliseum at Saltalr "The last preliminary detail has been arranped for the singing of the big go. If any lingering doubt remains in the mind of any one as to where It Is going to be held It may now be removed." Tex Rlckard was even more positive posi-tive than ever thLs morning that Salt Lake had wen, and he is now making definite and final arrangements for tho staging of the go. Ho doesn't anticipate antici-pate any further controversy with Clesison. The action of the board of i supervisors of San Francisco In do- dining to grant GlcasotTs application for a permit to hold the lout In San Francisco leaves GUaon without any rrounds on which to demand that the contest go to "Frisco. Arrangements are being made by Ttlckard and his associates In Salt Iako to oxtend a royal welcome to James J. Jeffries when he arrives la Salt Lake Saturday. The action of Jeffries In promptly denying the mes-pago mes-pago that went out from Lincoln to tho effect that ho had declared that he would not Ijox In Utah has endeared Mm to the Salt Iake t-eople. and they are prepared to receive him like a kJn.7. Jeffries will be met at the Rio Grande station Saturday afternoon by a band and will bo escorted to his hotel by an automobile parade. There will bo a luncheon In hla honor at the |