The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-25

Salt Lake has captured The Elks'
national convention for 1907. a year
from now the city Will be entertaining
$4,000 visitors. according t. the esti-
makes of She local EIks.
BY an overwhelming majority the
city Won in the. Milwaukee convention
yesterday over Baltimore and Saratoga
Springs. san Francisco. Denver and
Other. western cities had dropped out
OF the race, and the entire west was
sold for the Utah metropolis.
The victory means that next summer
salt lake viii be entertaining It's first
great national convention. except for
me livestock convention, and enjoying
one Of the GVelieSt times I'm its history.
The nrst news of Salt Lakes triumph
VAS conveyed by The following dispatch
to The Herald from A. Y. RaybOuld,
district deputy and one of The delegates
10 the grand lodge.
salt Lake gets EIks' convention next
year Majority over all"
-pta,a +. r. StOll. chairman Of the
convention committee, shortly after
ward received the following dispatch
rom Grand Exalted Ruler Lester
Freed.
We gel next convention. Won big
,
JolIihcation Parade.
Upon receiving this message, Captain
et1I began sending messengers hurry
lls and scUrrying after the members
W me local lodge. Tie telephone wires
eAo e-her modes OF cOmmuniCa UOu
we're Kept busy, and in an hour and a
Lal 100 Elks had assembled in
-vAl or she Kenyon. blowing
-oEns and squawkers, Haunting purple
s-ooons and shouting with JOY. They
-'iHied 90 line about o'clock, headed
y band and marched TO the news
Paper offices which they serenadad
S-Soandlng later to continue their jubi-
ialon 20 squads
"nan the news was first received
councilman Dick WhittemOre go
assistant Fire Chief Mccarthy to drive
---n Gown Main street at a bTeaknecl
ace While the jubilant Elk footed
-2.a loudly at The frightened pedes
.'ans Who lodged the vehicle, thinking
eds bent for a terrible IRE.
.As carnival buttons sold like hot
s-N-s, over 1000 being disposed of dur
me day. Main street was Thlci
l-a them, and every body was whOOp
~ y up for the Elks and congratulate
tle huStling men still in the cit,
10 mad helped TO bring the cOnven
91 TO salt Lake. Inc news spread
80 astonishing rapidity' after it wa
es.5a IN a Herald bulletin. and tn
a1tul2ce in general seemed TO share tn
enthusiasm of the EIks.
Men Who Secured It.
ne credit FOR bringing the nationa
.ention to salt Lake belongs pri
sLly 10 Captain F. f. Stou. VIII
g,ted the bali rolling only thra
sAs ago. Wiki him on the.conventior
= -rAlttee were J. w Langley and c
arren- The delegates who had tn
I've hustling to DO in Milwaukee
80 Grand Exalted Ruler Leslie
zsa A. w Raybould, Joseph En-
T+spefSer. A. Z. Lyon, Lee Ransshof
..SS-ids Homer and Charles Pike.
fbLy resident Snow belongs as niue
a-As Tor getting the convention her
aAy body, declared Captain Sto
49, Jay afternoon. IF il had no
ksu Ior his tender Of the Assent l
e9-. aAo tabernacle for the use of III
In.5iso1on it would have been absC
estLs useless to have tried to get IN
~ l's for salt Lake That vas on
s7S biggest cards
bse-.--ss convention viii be one of tn
Ia -. tnings that has ever hapDene
tivsi,-S town. 1t viii mean conserve
rH speaking, that az least $500. 0l
lion spent here during the conver
VIII Zoe a splendid advertise