The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20
HOW SALT LAKE
WON CONVENTION
shrewd Work to Secure the
ElkS' Reunion.
fasteners WERE FOOLED
SHIPPING TAGS WERE USED TO
ADVERTISE ZION.

chinese are strange, but they do
not compare with the ways and means
used bv the salt Lake boys who went
70 Milwaukee last year and captured
the 1902 Elks' grand lodge and reunion.
Murder viii out. they say and truth,
crusheI TO earth. viii bob up again.
And SO 81 was with the ways OF the
delegation which went to the beer city.
They are too good to remain untold,
and have leaked out by degrees. The
main facts may be a little disdgured,
MANY be a little enlarged upon. but
that does not detract one bit from the
story
lust before the Milwaukee convention
the story went the rounds that the
salt Lake boys were going north about
100 strong. and would be accompanied
by q real. live, quadrUped elk. which
would march in the Elks' day parade
Il did not take the local boys long TO
tumble 20 the fact that they either had
to produce that elk in Milwaukee or DE
die graced for all time TO come. But
how 20 do It was the problem. 1t was
feared it would cost too much to get
an elk FOR that purpose.
Only Five E1ks Start.
Inc Jay ST Aoi Alt departure TO MIL
Waukee arrived. Instead Of there be-
Ing 100 Elks at the depot when the
train got ready to pull out, there were
but five. That did not bother the con-
venti0u getters half so much as did
the fact that in the baggage car there
was no elk in big crate.
When Provo was reached q telegram
was sent 10 the Elks in OttumMa, Ia.
that the elk was aboard, and so far
was standing the trip we'll A big re-
ceptiOn had been planned for the Salt
Lake boys and their four-footed COM
panion. in honor of A. e. Lyon of this
city who formerly lived in that town
A few miles further on a message was
sent TO Iowa that the elk was showing
signs of illness; that the pace set was
too swift for him-not the pace of the
five bipeds. but the train. An hour or
two later the elk grew worse; so bad,
I'm fact that the Iowa boys We're in
formed that a veterinary surgeon had
been telegraphed ahead to meet the
train at another station
The next telegram sent said the sur
geOn had pronounced the condition of
the elk very serious, but would stay on
the train. watch him and combat each
new symptom in hopes of fixing him
up so that he could stand the rest OF
the journey. But the subsequent mes
sages took all the hopes out OF the Iowa
boys, for the elk grew worse and worse.
and when Grand Junction was reached
was taken from the baggage car and
sent back to Salt Lake on the first
train, accompanied by the surgeon and
number OF the boys who had antici-
pated going to Milwaukee, but felt more
apprehensive for the elk's welfare than
they did for a good time at the conven-
ton. The sending back of a number of
the boys accounted for a few of the
alleged 100.
News of Sick Elk.
As the Salt Lake bound train sped
toward the setting sun, kilograms were
sent from each depot to the one run
ming In the other direction, informing
the five Elks as to the condition of the
poor animal. When Salt Lake was
reached a message sent from the Rio
Grande Western depot said the elk ar
rived alive. but that was about all. His
safe arrival at the park and signs of
Improvement was the last one re
ceived relative TO the animal which was
to have received so much attention in
Milwaukee.
As the Zion boys passed through
colorado they were met at the different
depots by delegations who wondered at
The small size of the Zion contingent.
That was easily explained by the state
ment that the rest of the boys went
around the other way" But when Iowa
was reached there was no excuses
forthcoming, and the boys had to tell
the truth about the small size of the
party. But when it came to account
ing for the missing elk. the kilograms
sent on before and those telling of the
trip Of the elk back to Salt Lake did
me business; they worked like a
charm
While it is possible to fool all the
people some Of the time. they can't be
fooled an the time The salt Lake
DoyS appreciated that fact, and decided
mat they went around the other way"
Story would not wash in Milwaukee,
50 they decided to make up their del
esduon with Iowa Elks. Twenty-eight
were secured who were willing to wear
etah uniforms and fan in behind the
FAITHFUL five in the Elks day parade.
lheir services were secured by being
furnished d uniform free gratis for
nothing And so when the Salt Lake
BOYS reached Milwaukee they numbered
thlrty-three instead of five. which was
NOT so worse as they whispered to
themselves.
Stampede For Salt Lake
And the beer drinkers on the shores
u Lake Michigan are none the wiser
'ouay IS TO how they were fooled by
me Salt Lake delegation.
how 20 stampede the city for Salt
Lake Tor the 1902 convention was easily
solved. headquarters were established
N the room Of Secretary Raybould. 1t
vas there that the scheme was
Matched. A delegation Of the five salt
Takers visited a printing establish
Atnt where terS of thousands of ordi-
nary shipping tags were bought and
"-Sl.u lions given TO print certain
words On both sides Then fifty boys
were secured.
mat evening just cs the sun was GO
INK down and people were beginning 20
Cu"l the streets, the fifty -newsboys
were loaded down with those tags,
sNFoHsh the hole of which had been
Lone1 small rubber bands. At a GER
'a'a noun the boys were turned loose.
I-S -'u'tsd to fasten a tag on button
VI every man. woman and child they
me- I'm less than two hours tens Of
thousands of people in Milwaukee were
ial1dinE up and down the streets OF
,nat city with a tag Hopping from a
Ollon. reading on both sides:
snip Ne % salt Lake City. 1902"
Inc Idea caught. stampeded the city,
& piured the grand lodge and won for
salt Lake the 1902 convention.
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